Kathmandu, 11 September: Former Ambassador Rukma Shumsher Rana has passed away at the age of 85. He was suffering from multiple aliments including kidney, diabetes and high blood pressure. Rana had twice served as Member-Secretary of the National Sports Council (NSC) He also served as the Chairperson of the Nepal Olympic Committee, Acting President of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) and the President of the Nepal Taekwondo Association and the Nepal Athletics Association. Rana, the youngest son of Nepali Congress founder Subarna Shamsher Rana, was also Nepal's ambassador to India from 2009 to 2011 during the Congress-led government. Rana was also a partner and managing director of Dabur Nepal, an Indian joint venture. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has paid tribute to late Rana . His last rites were performed at Pashupati Aryaghat today. He is survived by his wife and a daughter. People's News Monitoring Service