Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Lakshmi Devi (1854–1917) was one of the wives of Prince Trailokya of Nepal and was named Crown Princess and regent for her minor son

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, who later became

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Biography

Lalit was the second daughter of Commanding-General Sir Jang Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, Maharaja of

Lamjung Lamjung District ( ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Besisahar as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 167,724. lies in the mid-hills of Nepal spa ...

and Kaski, GCB,

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and

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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 Thapathali Durbar () was a palace complex in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Thapathali means abode of the Thapas. It was initially built by Nain Singh Thapa of the Thapa dynasty but was later occupied by Jung Bahadur Rana(Thapa) , as prime minis ...

, 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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