Princess Shruti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal ( ne, श्रुती राज्य लक्ष्मी देवी शाह) (15 October 1976 – 1 June 2001) was the daughter of
King 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
Queen Aishwarya, and sister of
King Dipendra and
Prince Nirajan.
Education
Princess Shruti studied at Kanti Ishwari Sishu Vidhyalaya in Tripureswar, Nepal, St. Mary's School in
Kathmandu
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, Nepal, and later at
Mayo College Girls School
Mayo College Girls' School is an all-girl boarding school in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, founded in 1987. Students of the school are referred to as Mayoites. The school is ranked the best boarding school for girls in India. In 2011 the former pre ...
in
Ajmer
Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "''Aj ...
, India. She completed her bachelor's degree at
Padma Kanya Campus
Padma Kanya Multiple Campus is a women's college located in Bagbazar, Kathmandu. Founded on 17 September 1951, it is the oldest institution of its kind in Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal De ...
in Nepal.
She was a meritorious painter.
Marriage and family
She was married to ''Kumar'' Gorakh Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, a member of an aristocratic
Rana family
Rana dynasty ( ne, राणा वंश, IAST=Rāṇā vaṃśa , ) is a Chhetri dynasty that imposed totalitarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other ...
of Nepal, descendants of Maharaja
Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Field-Marshal Maharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929, after he successfully ...
. He is Head Global Banking and Commercial Banking for Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited.
They married on 7 May 1997 in
Kathmandu
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. They had two daughters:
* Girwani Rajya Lakshmi Devi Rana (born on 22 June 1998 in
Kathmandu
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* Surangana Rajya Lakshmi Devi Rana (born on 21 October 2000 in Thapathali,
Kathmandu
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On 5 December 2008 in
Kathmandu
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, ''Kumar'' Gorakh Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, married Deepti Chand, a humanities student at Kathmandu's
Padma Kanya Multiple Campus
Padma Kanya Multiple Campus is a women's college located in Bagbazar, Kathmandu. Founded on 17 September 1951, it is the oldest institution of its kind in Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal De ...
, who is also the niece of a former royalist prime minister
Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Lokendra Bahadur Chand ( ne, लोकेन्द्र बहादुर चन्द born 15 February 1940) was the 27th prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997 and from October 2 ...
.
Name
Shruti means "that which is heard".
Death
Princess Shruti, her mother, father, and brother
Nirajan, and six other Royal relatives were killed in 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.
Honours
;National Honours
* Member First Class of the
Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu
The Most Puissant Order of the Gorkha Dakshina Bahu ( ne, गोरखा दक्षिण बाहु; Order of the Gurkha Right Arm ''or Hand'') was an order of knighthood of Nepal. It was one of the highest honors given traditionally by the ...
(29/12/1995).
* Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Birendra (31/01/1997).
* Bisista Sewa Padak
pecial Service Medal(1999).
;Foreign Honours
* : Grand Officer of the
Order of the Legion of Honour
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
(20/09/1994).
* : Dame Grand Cross
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...
(25/11/1996).
Ancestry
References
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2001 deaths
2001 murders in Asia
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Mayo College Girls School alumni
Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur
Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Members of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, First Class
Shah dynasty
Padma Kanya Multiple Campus alumni
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