Photo taken inside Singha Durbar in front of Parliament House (Gallery Baithake) between Nov. 16- 22, 1945 George R. Merrell, then U.S. Chargé d'Affaires at New Delhi, presented the Legion of Merit to Prime Minister the Maharaja Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana in recognition of the role played by Gurkha soldiers from Nepal in the British Army during World War II (all known individuals listed from left) (SJBR= Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana) Front Row: 1.Unknown 2.Unknown 3.Commanding General Prachanda SJBR 4.Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel R. Hoskot, Military Attaché 5.Senior Commanding General Babar SJBR 6.H.H. Maharaja Padma SJBR, Prime Minister 7.George Merrell, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. at New Delhi 8.General Mohan SJBR, Commander-in-Chief The First U.S. Official Visit to Nepal (Photo by Ganesh Man Chitrakar 1945) 9.J. Jefferson Jones III 10. Commanding General Kaiser SJBR 11. General Krishna SJBR Second Row: 1.Major General EK Raj SJBR Third Row: 1.Major General Surendra SJBR 2.Major General Narendra SJBR 3.Major General Mrigendra SJBR 4.Major General Sharada SJBR 5.Major General Shanta SJBR Fourth Row: 1.Gurujyu (Hindu priest) 2.Gurujyu (Hindu priest) 3.General Shankar SJBR 4.Major General Shur SJBR Fifth Row: 1.Unknown 2.Major General Laxman SJBR Sixth Row: 1.Major General Nir SJBR 2.Major General Kiran SJBR. Photo taken by Ganesh Man Chitrakar.
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