Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Lakshmi Devi

Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Lakshmi Devi (1854–1917) was the Crown Princess of Prince Trailokya of Nepal. She was the mother of Prithvi of Nepal, King of Nepal.

Crown Princess Lalit
Crown Princess of Nepal
Queen Regent of Nepal
Born1854 (1854)
Thapathali Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died1917 (aged 6263)
Pashupathi, Nepal
SpouseTrailokya, Crown Prince of Nepal
IssueKing Prithvi of Nepal
Names
Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Lakshmi Devi
DynastyRana dynasty (by birth)
Shah dynasty (by marriage)
FatherJang Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji
MotherHiranya Garbha Kumari Devi
ReligionHinduism

Biography

Lalit was the second daughter of Commanding-General Sir Jang Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, Maharaja of Lambjang and Kaski, GCB, GCSI, Prime Minister and Colonel-in-chief of Nepal, by his wife, Hiranya Garbha Kumari Devi, youngest daughter of Sri Chautaria Prana Shah.

She married Trailokya, Crown Prince of Nepal in Thapathali Durbar, Kathmandu, on 10 June 1860, in a double ceremony with her sister, Somgarva Divyeshwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi (second and third wives of Trailokya; the first wife was their other sister, Tara Rajya Lakshmi Devi).

She was Regent for her son since 17 May 1881 until 8 August 1893

She was named Tower Sri Panch.

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