Himalaya SJB Rana, first Nepal Rastra Bank Governor passes away

KATHMANDU: The first governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank, Himalaya Shumsher Rana, passed away on Sunday. He was 95.

Sunil Bahadur Thapa, a politician in the Nepali Congress and Rana’s son-in-law, said that the former governor passed away at about 6:30 am while receiving treatment at Kathmandu’s Norvic Hospital.

From 1962 through 1986, Rana served as a representative for the United Nations Development Program in a number of nations. Rana, who founded Himalayan Bank, is a former finance secretary as well.

In honour of his contributions, he was given the title of The Order of Japan (The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star).