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Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal

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Father
  
Mahendra of Nepal

Siblings
  
Gyanendra of Nepal

Name
  
Princess Shah

Religion
  
Hindu

Mother
  
Indra Rajya Laxmi Devi


Born
  
2 February 1943Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal (
1943-02-02
)

Issue
  
Bikash Bikram ShahDeebas Bikram ShahAshish Bikram Shah

House
  
Shah dynasty (by birth)

Role
  
Mahendra of Nepal's daughter

Died
  
2001, Narayanhity Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal

Spouse
  
Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah (m. ?–2001)

Children
  
Bikash Bikram Shah, Deebas Bikram Shah, Ashish Bikram Shah

Parents
  
Indra Rajya Laxmi Devi, Mahendra of Nepal

Similar People
  
Mahendra of Nepal, Birendra of Nepal, Gyanendra of Nepal, Dhirendra of Nepal, Paras - Crown Prince of

Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal or Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi (February 2, 1941 – June 1, 2001) was a daughter of King Mahendra of Nepal. Princess Sharada and her husband, Kumar Khadga, were two of the ten members of the Nepalese royal family killed in the Nepalese royal massacre.

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Life

Princess Sharada was the second daughter of King Mahendra and his first wife, Crown Princess Indra.

Name Sharada means "Goddess of Art and Knowledge".

Princess Sharada was educated at Loreto Convent, Darjeeling and Tribhuvan University. She was active in social welfare activities and was involved with children's welfare activities. Princess Sharada was affiliated with the Nepalese Red Cross Society, the Disaster Relief Subcommittee, and the Child Welfare Subcommittee, among other organizations. In 1971, she founded the SOS Village-Nepal, and was its chairperson.

Princess Sharada was married to Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah (1939–2001) on 29 May 1965 in Kathmandu. His ancestors were the rajas of Jumla in the far west of Nepal. He was a well-known academic and writer, and they had three sons:

  • Bikash Bikram Shah. Brigadier General. First he married to Sheeba Shivangini Singh, a writer.Later they divorced, and he married to Priyadarshini Pandey.
  • Deebas Bikram Shah. Convener. He married to Preeti Rajya Laxmi.
  • Ashish Bikram Shah. He married to Pramada Rajya Laxmi, a social activist and granddaughter of Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.Later they divorced.

    • Both Princess Sharada and Kumar Khadga were killed in the Nepalese royal massacre on June 1, 2001.

    Honours

    National Honours
  • Member of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, 1st class (13 April 1972).
  • King Mahendra Investiture Medal (2 May 1956).
  • King Birendra Investiture Medal (24 February 1975).
  • Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Birendra (31 January 1997).
    • Foreign Honours
  •  Japan : Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown (1978).
  •  Spain : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (17 September 1983).

    • References

    Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal Wikipedia
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