Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah, GBE,

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(12 October 1921 – 9 May 1980) was a son of

Tribhuvan of Nepal Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev (), (30 June 1906 – 13 March 1955) was King of Nepal. Born in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, he ascended to the throne at the age of five, upon the death of his father, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, and was cr ...

and his first wife Kanti. He was a younger brother of

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, and an uncle of Birendra and

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Life

Himalaya, the second son of King Tribhuvan and his first wife Queen Kanti, was born in 1921. He was educated under private tutors. Himalaya represented the Nepali king on several occasions. He represented the Nepali king at the

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, at

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, in 1953. From 1957 to 1959, Himalaya was the chairman of National Planning Commission. In 1959, he was the chairman of Tourism Development Council. The prince was the patron of Nepal Medical Association, 1951. Himalaya married Princep Rajya Lakshmi Devi on March 5, 1945, in

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. She was from the aristocratic Rana dynasty. Himalaya died on May 9, 1980, in Kathmandu.

Honours

National honors

* Member of the Order of the Benevolent Ruler (1951).Omsa.org
/ref> * Member of the Tribhuvan Order of the Footprint of Democracy, 1st class. * Member of the Order of the Star of Nepal, 1st class. * King Mahendra Coronation Medal (2 May 1956). * King Birendra Coronation Medal (24 February 1975).

Foreign Honours

* : Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the

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BE * : Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the

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CMG * :

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(2 June 1953). * : Knight Grand Cordon of the

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. * : Knight Grand Cordon of the

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References

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