
by Brahma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
The book of Major General Brahma Shamsher Nepalko Maha Bhukampa 1990 [Kathmandu, 1935] presents graphic accounts of the great earthquake of 1934. This earthquake was not only powerful, but also the most destructive of all the earthquakes in the living memory of Nepal.
Major General Brahma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was a prominent Nepalese military officer and administrator. He is best remembered as the author of Nepalko Mahabhukampa (The Great Earthquake in Nepal), the definitive historical and firsthand account of the devastating 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake.