The Nepal Pratap Bhaskara ( ne, नेपाल प्रताप भास्कर) is a decoration 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 ma ...

. It is also called as the Nepal Decoration of Honour. It is the highest

honour Honour (British English) or honor (American English; see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of social teaching and of personal ethos, that manifests itself as a ...

given to only foreign monarchs and Nepalese ruling sovereign.

History

It is instituted on 25 December 1966 by King

Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev 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 ...

Insignia

The ''ribbon'' of the order is blue with a white-edged red central stripe. It has a badge worn on the chest and one on the sash ribbon.

Grades

The Nepal Pratap Bhaskara has one grade: Member. The decoration consists of the Sovereign (Parama-Nepal-Pratap-Bhaskara), Grand Master (Ati-Nepal-Pratap-Bhaskara), and ordinary members (Nepal-Pratap-Bhaskara). Conferred on members of the Nepalese and foreign Royal houses.

Recipients

* King Mahendra of Nepal (1966) *

Queen Ratna of Nepal Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (born 19 August 1928) is a member of the Nepalese Royal Family who was Queen consort of Kingdom of Nepal, Nepal from 1955 to 1972 and Queen dowager from 1972 to 2008 when the royal family were stripped of all titles ...

(1966) *

King Birendra of Nepal 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 ...

(1972) * Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1975) * King Juan Carlos I of Spain (1983) *

King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

(1986) *

Queen Sirikit of Thailand Queen Sirikit ( th, สิริกิติ์; ; ); born ''Mom Rajawongse'' Sirikit Kitiyakara ( th, สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร; ; 12 August 1932) is the queen mother of Thailand. She was Queen of Thailand as the wife ...

(1986) * Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (1989) * Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal (1995) * King Gyanendra of Nepal (2001) * Queen Komal of Nepal (2001)

External links

World Medals Index
Nepal: Nepal Pratap Bhaskara Decoration

References

{{Reflist Pratap Bhaskara Nepal Pratap Bhaskara 1966 establishments in Nepal