Occupation Writer, politician Name Diamond Rana Nationality Nepali Role Writer | Period 1948–2011 Genre Novel | |
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Notable works Basanti (1948)Seto Bagh (1970) People also search for Birendra of Nepal, Princess Shruti of Nepal, Mirza Dilshad Beg | ||
Tribute to writer Diamond Shumsher Rana || Basnti, Seto Bagh, Anita,||Edited by Ashok
Diamond Shumsher Rana (5 July 1918 – 11 March 2011) was a Nepali writer and political activist known for his acclaimed novels Basanti and Seto Bagh.
Contents
- Tribute to writer Diamond Shumsher Rana Basnti Seto Bagh AnitaEdited by Ashok
- Introduction by Diamond Shumsher Rana
- Life and career
- References
Introduction by Diamond Shumsher Rana
Life and career
He was born at Tansen Durbar in Palpa, where his grandfather, Sher Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, was governor. His father Buddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was a colonel in the Royal Nepal Army. Rana enjoyed a privileged upbringing and was a captain in the Royal Nepal Army.
In 1948 Rana travelled to Benaras, India and had his first novel Basanti published. In Nepal, he had aligned himself with an anti-establishment faction of the Rana regime and was arrested, court-martialled and sentenced to death but was later freed after members of the Rana family pressured the regime for his release Rana later joined the political opposition and was a member of the Nepali Congress Party from 1954 to 1987.