Indra, Crown Princess of Nepal

Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (25 July 1926 – 4 September 1950) was the consort and Crown Princess of Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah, then Crown Prince of Nepal. She was the mother of Kings Birendra Bir Bikram Shah and Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah, and Princesses Shanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi, Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi and Shobha Rajya Lakshmi Devi.

Crown Princess Indra
Crown Princess of Nepal
Reign8 May 1940 – 4 September 1950
Born(1926-07-25)25 July 1926
Hari Bhawan, Bagmati,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Died4 September 1950(1950-09-04) (aged 24)
Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
SpouseMahendra of Nepal
(m. 1940–1950, her death)
IssuePrincess Shanti
Princess Sharada
King Birendra
King Gyanendra
Princess Shobha
Prince Dhirendra [1][2]
Full name
Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah
DynastyRana dynasty (by birth)
Shah dynasty (by marriage)
FatherHari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
MotherMegha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi
ReligionHinduism
Prasuti Griha build on the grounds of Charburja Durbar.

Life

She is the first wife Mahendra of Nepal (1920–1972). Crown Princess Indra belongs to the aristocratic Rana family and was the daughter of late Honorary General Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and his wife, Megha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi.[3]

She married Crown Prince Mahendra on 8 May 1940 as a teenager at 14, but died on 4 September 1950 at the young age of 24. She bore three sons and three daughters before her early death. She succumbed to a post-partum haemorrhage, a complication following the birth of her sixth child,[4] Dhirendra.[5] The death of the Crown Princess led to the building of the kingdom's first maternity hospital, the Prasuti Griha, and her beautiful head-and-shoulders statue stands in the entrance of the hospital that was built in the grounds of Charburja Durbar and was opened in August 1959.[6]

Two years after Indra's death, her younger sister Ratna married Crown Prince Mahendra. There were no children by this marriage.

Titles and styles
  • 1926 – 1940: Lady Indra Rajya Lakshmi Rana
  • 1940 – 1950: Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Nepal.

Ancestry
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References
  1. "King Mahendra of Nepal".
  2. "Late King Mahendra with his family".
  3. Himalaya
  4. Jane Wilson-Howarth (2012). A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: a journey of love and loss in the Himalayas. Bradt Travel Guides, UK. p. 390. ASIN B009S7FHU4. ISBN 978-1-84162-435-8.
  5. Indian Express
  6. Pmwh
Preceded by
Lalit		 Crown Princess of Nepal
1940–1950		 Succeeded by
Ratna
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