Kanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah ( ne, कान्ति राज्यलक्ष्मीदेवी शाह; 5 July 1906 – 12 April 1973) was the Queen consort and first wife of

Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज त्रिभुवन वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (30 June 1906 – 13 March 1955) was King of Nepal from 11 December 1911 until his ...

, King of

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. She was the mother of King

Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; 11 June 1920 – 31 January 1972) was the King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until h ...

Life

She was the daughter of Arjan Singh Sahib, Raja of Chhatara, Barhgaon and

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and his wife, Krishnavati Devi Sahiba. She was married (at a young age in an arranged custom) at the

Narayanhity Royal Palace The Narayanhiti Palace Museum (Nepali language, Nepali: नारायणहिटी दरवार) is a public museum in Kathmandu, Nepal located east of the Kaiser Mahal and next to Thamel. The museum was created in 2008 from the complex o ...

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, in March 1919, to King

Tribhuvan of Nepal Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज त्रिभुवन वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (30 June 1906 – 13 March 1955) was King of Nepal from 11 December 1911 until his ...

as his first wife, in a double ceremony with her younger sister

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, as his second wife.

Honours

* Member of the Order of the Benevolent Ruler (1954).Omsa.org
(PDF) * King Mahendra Coronation Medal (2 May 1956).

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