Ishwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi

Ishwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (September 1907 – 27 June 1983) was the Queen consort and the second wife of Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, King of the Kingdom of Nepal. She was the mother of Prince Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah and Princess Nalini Rajya Lakshmi Devi.

Queen Ishwari
Queen consort of Nepal
ReignMarch 1919 – 13 March 1955
BornSeptember 1907
Sitapur, Kheri, India
Died27 June 1983(1983-06-27) (aged 75–76)
Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
SpouseTribhuvan of Nepal
IssuePrince Basundhara
Princess Nalini
Names
Ishwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah
HouseShah dynasty (by marriage)
FatherArjan Singh Sahib
MotherKrishnavati Devi Sahiba
ReligionHinduism

Life

She was the daughter of Arjan Singh Sahib, Raja of Chhatara, Barhgaon and Oudh and his wife, Krishnavati Devi Sahiba.

She was married (at a young age in an arranged custom) at the Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, in March 1919, to King Tribhuvan of Nepal[1] as his second wife, in a double ceremony with her older sister Kanti, as his first wife.

She and her husband had as children:

Honours

References

  1. "King Tribhuvan and Queen Kanti". Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2017-12-23.
  2. Omsa.org
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