Sepoy Basanta Bahadur Rana (born 18 January 1984 in Chamkipur, Nawalparasi District, Nepal[1]) is an Indian athlete who competes in racewalking.

[2] He represented India in the 50 km race walk event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

His personal best in this event before the Games was 4:02:13 and he bettered it by clocking a time of 3:56:48, a new national record.

[citation needed] Basanta finished 36th in the event by setting a new national record of 3:56:48.

[3] Basanta is from a hamlet, located 12 hours north of Kathmandu, Nepal.