Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah, GBE,

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(October 12, 1921 – May 9, 1980) was a son of

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 ...

and his first wife Kanti. He was a younger brother of Mahendra, and an uncle of

Birendra Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज वीरेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (28 December 1945 – 1 June 2001) was the tenth Shah Ruler and the King of N ...

and

Gyanendra Gyanendra Shah ( ne, ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह, born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch who was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuva ...

Life

Himalaya, the second son of King Tribhuvan and his first wife Queen Kanti, was born in 1921. He was educated under private tutors. Himalaya represented the Nepali king on several occasions. He represented the Nepali king at the

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, at

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, in 1953. From 1957 to 1959, Himalaya was the chairman of National Planning Commission. In 1959, he was the chairman of Tourism Development Council. The prince was the patron of Nepal Medical Association, 1951. Himalaya married Princep Rajya Lakshmi Devi on March 5, 1945, in

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. Himalaya died on May 9, 1980, in Kathmandu.

Honours

National honors

* Member of the Order of the Benevolent Ruler (1951).Omsa.org
/ref> * Member of the Tribhuvan Order of the Footprint of Democracy, 1st class. * Member of the

Order of the Star of Nepal The Most Refulgent Order of the Star of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल तारा ''Nepal Taradisha'') is an award of Nepal. History It was instituted by King Tribhubhan Bir Bikram Shah Dev on 19 November 1918. Attached to the order is a medal ( ...

, 1st class. * King Mahendra Coronation Medal (2 May 1956). * King Birendra Coronation Medal (24 February 1975).

Foreign Honours

* : Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the

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BE * : Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the

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CMG * : Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (2 June 1953). * : Knight Grand Cordon of the

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. * : Knight Grand Cordon of the

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References

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