Prince Nirajan Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, निराजन बीर विक्रम शाह; 6 November 1978 – 1 June 2001) was a Prince of

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

and the younger brother of King Dipendra. Prince Nirajan and other royals were killed at a dinner in 2001. Nirajan was next in line to the throne after Dipendra.

Education and interests

He was educated at

Budhanilkantha School Budhanilkantha School, often referred to as BNKS, is a competitive public boarding school in Nepal. It is located in Narayanthan, 8 kilometres north of Kathmandu, at the foothills of Shivapuri mountain (). It is named after the Budhanilkantha T ...

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and

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and had a degree of

B.B.A. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...

from

Kathmandu College of Management Kathmandu College of Management, popularly known as KCM, is a college of higher education located in Gwarko, Patan, Lalitpur, Lalitpur, Nepal. KCM is the first management college to introduce BBA program in Nepal. It is affiliated to Siam Univer ...

. He was interested in sports, especially

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

. Name Nirajan means "One without fault; perfect in all forms".

Death

Nirajan was among the victims of the

Nepalese royal massacre The Nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1 June 2001 at the Narayanhiti Palace, the then-residence of the Nepalese monarchy. Nine members of the royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, were killed in a mass shooting during a ga ...

on 1 June 2001 along with his father, mother, sister, brother and other close royal relatives.

Honours

;National Honours * Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Birendra (31/01/1997).

Ancestry

References

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