Princess Sharada Shah
Princess of Nepal
Born(1942-02-02)2 February 1942
Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died1 June 2001(2001-06-01) (aged 59)
Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
SpouseKumar Khadga Bikram Shah
IssueBikash Bikram Shah
Deebas Bikram Shah
Ashish Bikram Shah
Names
Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah
HouseShah dynasty (by birth)
FatherMahendra of Nepal
MotherIndra Rajya Lakshmi Devi
ReligionHindu

Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal or Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (February 2, 1942 – June 1, 2001) was the middle daughter of King Mahendra of Nepal. Princess Sharada and her husband, Kumar Khadga, were two of the ten members of the Nepalese royal family killed in the Nepalese royal massacre.

Life

Princess Sharada was the second daughter of King Mahendra and his first wife, Crown Princess Indra.

Name Sharada means "Goddess of Art and Knowledge".[1]

Princess Sharada was educated at Loreto Convent, Darjeeling and Tribhuvan University. She was active in social welfare activities and was involved with children's welfare activities. Princess Sharada was affiliated with the Nepalese Red Cross Society, the Disaster Relief Subcommittee, and the Child Welfare Subcommittee, among other organizations. In 1971, she founded the SOS Village-Nepal, and was its chairperson.

Princess Sharada married Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah (1939–2001) on 29 May 1965 in Kathmandu. His ancestors were the rajas of Jumla in the far west of Nepal. He was a well-known academic and writer,[2] and they had three sons:[3]

  1. Brigadier General Bikash Bikram Shah: First married to Sheeba Shivangini Singh, a writer.[4][5][6] Later they divorced, and he married Priyadarshini Pande, a granddaughter of Sardar Bhim Bahadur Pande, a member of aristocratic Pande family.[7]
  2. Deebas Bikram Shah, Convener: [8] He married Preeti Rajya Lakshmi.[citation needed]
  3. Ashish Bikram Shah: He married Pramada Rajya Lakshmi, a social activist, daughter of Prabhat Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and his wife, Neera Rajya Lakshmi, and granddaughter of Nir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and his second wife, Bimala Rajya Lakshmi.[9][10][11][12] Later they divorced.[12]

Both Princess Sharada and Kumar Khadga were killed in the Nepalese royal massacre on June 1, 2001.[9]

Honours

National Honours[citation needed]
Foreign Honours[citation needed]

Ancestry

References

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