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{{Infobox royalty
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Crown Princess Indra
| name = Indra
| full name = Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah
| full name = Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah
| image =
| image = Crown Princess Indra of Nepal.png
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| succession = Crown Princess of Nepal
| succession = Crown Princess of Nepal
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| house = [[Rana dynasty]] (by birth)<br>[[Shah dynasty]] (by marriage)
| house = [[Rana dynasty]] (by birth)<br>[[Shah dynasty]] (by marriage)
| house-type = Dynasty
| house-type = Dynasty
| spouse = [[Mahendra of Nepal]] <br/><small>(m. 1940–1950, her death)</small>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Mahendra of Nepal]]|1940}}
| issue =[[Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal|Princess Shanti]]<br/>[[Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal|Princess Sharada]]<br/>[[Birendra of Nepal|King Birendra]]<br />[[Gyanendra of Nepal|King Gyanendra]]<br />[[Princess Shova Shahi of Nepal|Princess Shobha]]<br/>[[Dhirendra of Nepal|Prince Dhirendra]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geni.com/people/King-Mahendra-of-Nepal/6000000024638555581|title=King Mahendra of Nepal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ancientnepal.com/late-king-mahendra-with-his-family/|title=Late King Mahendra with his family}}</ref>
| issue =[[Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal|Princess Shanti]]<br/>[[Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal|Princess Sharada]]<br/>[[Birendra of Nepal|King Birendra]]<br />[[Gyanendra of Nepal|King Gyanendra]]<br />[[Princess Shova Shahi of Nepal|Princess Shobha]]<br/>[[Dhirendra of Nepal|Prince Dhirendra]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geni.com/people/King-Mahendra-of-Nepal/6000000024638555581|title=King Mahendra of Nepal|date=11 June 1920 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ancientnepal.com/late-king-mahendra-with-his-family/|title=Late King Mahendra with his family}}</ref>
| father = Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
| father = Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
| mother =Megha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi
| mother =Megha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi
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| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
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'''Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah''' (25 July 1926 – 4 September 1950) was the consort and Crown Princess of [[Mahendra of Nepal|Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah]], then Crown Prince of [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]. She was the mother of Kings [[Birendra of Nepal|Birendra Bir Bikram Shah]] and [[Gyanendra of Nepal|Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah]], Prince [[Dhirendra of Nepal|Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah]], and Princesses [[Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal|Shanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi]], [[Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal|Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi]] and [[Princess Shova Shahi of Nepal|Shobha Rajya Lakshmi Devi]].
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[[File:Prasuti griha.jpg|thumb|Prasuti Griha build on the grounds of [[Charburja Durbar]].]]
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'''Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah''' (25 July 1926 – 4 September 1950) was the consort and Crown Princess of [[Mahendra of Nepal|Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah]], then Crown Prince of [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]. She was the mother of Kings [[Birendra of Nepal|Birendra Bir Bikram Shah]] and [[Gyanendra of Nepal|Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah]], Prince [[Dhirendra of Nepal|Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah]], and Princesses [[Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal|Shanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi]], [[Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal|Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi]][[Princess Shova Shahi of Nepal|Shobha Rajya Lakshmi Devi]] and Princess Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi.<ref>[http://www.royalark.net/Nepal/lamb9.htm Royal Ark]</ref><ref>[http://www.royalark.net/Nepal/nepal11.htm Royal Ark]</ref>


== Life ==
== Life ==
She is the first wife [[Mahendra of Nepal]] (1920–1972). Crown Princess Indra belongs to the aristocratic [[Rana dynasty|Rana family]] and was the daughter of late Honorary General Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and his wife, Megha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi.<ref>[http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/nepalitimes/pdf/Nepali_Times_047.pdf Himalaya]</ref>
She was the first wife of [[Mahendra of Nepal]] (1920–1972). Crown Princess Indra belonged to the aristocratic [[Rana dynasty|Rana family]] and was the daughter of late Honorary General Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and his wife, Megha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi.<ref>[http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/nepalitimes/pdf/Nepali_Times_047.pdf Himalaya]</ref>


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[[File:Prasuti griha.jpg|thumb|Prasuti Griha, built on the grounds of [[Charburja Durbar]]]]
She married Crown Prince Mahendra on 8 May 1940 as a teenager at 14, but died on 4 September 1950 at the young age of 24. She bore three sons and three daughters before her early death. She succumbed to a post-partum haemorrhage, a complication following the birth of her sixth child,<ref>{{Cite book|author=Jane Wilson-Howarth| title=A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: a journey of love and loss in the Himalayas | publisher=Bradt Travel Guides, UK | year=2012| pages = 390 | ISBN= 978-1-84162-435-8 | ASIN = B009S7FHU4}}</ref> [[Dhirendra of Nepal|Dhirendra]].<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/web-edits/in-nepal-the-lights-go-out-in-former-queens-home-but-ratna-still-commands-power-among-people-2992097/ Indian Express]</ref> The death of the Crown Princess led to the building of the kingdom's first maternity hospital, the Prasuti Griha, and her beautiful head-and-shoulders statue stands in the entrance of the hospital that was built in the grounds of [[Charburja Durbar]] and was opened in August 1959.<ref>[http://www.pmwh.gov.np/#carousel-example-generic Pmwh]</ref>
She married Crown Prince Mahendra on 8 May 1940 as a teenager at 14, and died on 4 September 1950 at the age of 24. She bore three sons and three daughters before her early death. She succumbed to a [[post-partum haemorrhage]], a complication following the birth of her sixth child,<ref>{{Cite book|author=Jane Wilson-Howarth| title=A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: a journey of love and loss in the Himalayas | publisher=Bradt Travel Guides, UK | year=2012| pages = 390 | isbn= 978-1-84162-435-8 }}</ref> [[Prince Dhirendra of Nepal|Dhirendra]].<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/web-edits/in-nepal-the-lights-go-out-in-former-queens-home-but-ratna-still-commands-power-among-people-2992097/ Indian Express]</ref> The death of the Crown Princess led to the building of the kingdom's first [[maternity hospital]], the [[Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital|Prasuti Griha]], and her head-and-shoulders statue stands in the entrance of the hospital that was built on the grounds of [[Charburja Durbar]] and was opened on 17 August 1959.<ref>[http://www.pmwh.gov.np/#carousel-example-generic Pmwh]</ref>


Two years after Indra's death, her younger sister [[Queen Ratna of Nepal|Ratna]] married Crown Prince Mahendra.<ref>[http://www.royalark.net/Nepal/lamb9.htm Royal Ark]</ref> There were no children by this marriage. According to one controversial book, the new queen was sterilised to avoid succession problems;<ref>{{Cite book|author=Jane Wilson-Howarth| title=A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: a journey of love and loss in the Himalayas | publisher=Bradt Travel Guides, UK | year=2012| pages = 390 | ISBN= 978-1-84162-435-8 | ASIN = B009S7FHU4}}</ref> this claim is ridiculed by Nepali and Indian historians, because it was perfectly normal for rulers to have several wives and succession disputes were far from unknown even among full brothers.
Two years after Indra's death, her younger sister [[Queen Ratna of Nepal|Ratna]] married Crown Prince Mahendra.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} There were no children by this marriage.<ref name=":13">{{cite web |title=श्री ५ रत्नको आमा बन्ने अधिकार हनन् भएको थियो |url=https://www.dcnepal.com/2020/08/181191/ |website=Dcnepal}}</ref>


==Titles and styles==
== Ancestry ==
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|2= 2. Hari Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
|3= 3. Megha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi
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|5= 5. ''Jetha Bada Maharani'' Padma Kumari Devi
|6= 6. N. Bikram Shah
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|9= 9. Juhar Kumari Devi
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|17= 17. Ganesh Kumari Thapa
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
{{YouTube|id=VXCcu23DWiU|title=Ratna Rajya Laxmi Devi biography and interview}}


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Indra
Crown Princess of Nepal
Reign8 May 1940 – 4 September 1950
Born(1926-07-25)25 July 1926
Hari Bhawan, Bagmati,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Died4 September 1950(1950-09-04) (aged 24)
Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
Spouse
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(m. 1940)​
IssuePrincess Shanti
Princess Sharada
King Birendra
King Gyanendra
Princess Shobha
Prince Dhirendra[1][2]
Names
Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah
DynastyRana dynasty (by birth)
Shah dynasty (by marriage)
FatherHari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
MotherMegha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi
ReligionHinduism

Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (25 July 1926 – 4 September 1950) was the consort and Crown Princess of Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah, then Crown Prince of Nepal. She was the mother of Kings Birendra Bir Bikram Shah and Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah, and Princesses Shanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi, Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi and Shobha Rajya Lakshmi Devi.

Life

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She was the first wife of Mahendra of Nepal (1920–1972). Crown Princess Indra belonged to the aristocratic Rana family and was the daughter of late Honorary General Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and his wife, Megha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi.[3]

Prasuti Griha, built on the grounds of Charburja Durbar

She married Crown Prince Mahendra on 8 May 1940 as a teenager at 14, and died on 4 September 1950 at the age of 24. She bore three sons and three daughters before her early death. She succumbed to a post-partum haemorrhage, a complication following the birth of her sixth child,[4] Dhirendra.[5] The death of the Crown Princess led to the building of the kingdom's first maternity hospital, the Prasuti Griha, and her head-and-shoulders statue stands in the entrance of the hospital that was built on the grounds of Charburja Durbar and was opened on 17 August 1959.[6]

Two years after Indra's death, her younger sister Ratna married Crown Prince Mahendra.[citation needed] There were no children by this marriage.[7]

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "King Mahendra of Nepal". 11 June 1920.
  2. ^ "Late King Mahendra with his family".
  3. ^ Himalaya
  4. ^ Jane Wilson-Howarth (2012). A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: a journey of love and loss in the Himalayas. Bradt Travel Guides, UK. p. 390. ISBN 978-1-84162-435-8.
  5. ^ Indian Express
  6. ^ Pmwh
  7. ^ "श्री ५ रत्नको आमा बन्ने अधिकार हनन् भएको थियो". Dcnepal.
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Ratna Rajya Laxmi Devi biography and interview on YouTube

Royal titles
Preceded by Crown Princess of Nepal
1940–1950 		Succeeded by
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