Major General Madan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was a Nepalese cricketer and a son of the 13th Prime Minister of Nepal Chandra Shumsher JBR.[1]
He organized competitions for cricket in Nepal, and was called the "Father of Nepali Cricket".[2] In 1947, he was made the president of the first ever Nepalese football committee.[3] After his death in 1955, the Madan Puraskar award and Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya archive library were established in his honor by his wife, Jagadamba Kumari Devi, dedicated to Nepalese contributing in Nepali Language, Literature, Art and Folk Culture Field.[2]
Competitions
edit- 1947 General Madan instituted the 'Bishnu Trophy' for league tournaments.
- 1952 Madan Memorial Shield instituted.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ JBR, PurushottamShamsher (1990). Shree Teen Haruko Tathya Britanta (in Nepali). Bhotahity, Kathmandu: Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 99933-39-91-1.
- ^ a b "About Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya". Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ "How it all started". Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.