Died 1955 | ||
Lt.-Gen.Madan Shumsher JBR(1909–1955) was the youngest son of Maharaja Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher JBR.
He is considered Father of Nepali Cricket as he introducing Cricket for the first time in 1920s and organizing many cricket completion in Nepal . In 1947 he was made the president of the first ever football committee formed in Nepal for promoting Football. After his death in 1955, an award Madan Puraskar and a archive library Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya was established in his honor by his wife Jagadamba Kumari Devi to Nepalis contributing in Nepali Language, Literature, Art and Folk Culture Field.
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