Princess Shruti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal () (15 October 1976 – 1 June 2001) was the daughter of

King Birendra Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (; 29 December 1945 – 1 June 2001) was King of Nepal from 1972 until his assassination in 2001. Early life and education Birendra was born at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace in Kathmandu as the eldest son of th ...

and Queen Aishwarya, and sister of King Dipendra and Prince Nirajan.

Education

Princess Shruti studied at Kanti Ishwari Sishu Vidhyalaya in Tripureswar, Nepal, St. Mary's School in

Kathmandu Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...

, Nepal, and later at Mayo College Girls School in

Ajmer Ajmer () is a city in the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Ajmer district and Ajmer division. It lies at the centre of Rajasthan, earning it the ...

, India. She completed her bachelor's degree at Padma Kanya Campus in Nepal. She was a meritorious painter.

Marriage and family

She was married to ''Kumar'' Gorakh Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, a member of the aristocratic Rana family of Nepal, descendants of Maharaja

Chandra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Field-Marshal His Highness Maharaja Sri Teen Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (8 July 1863 – 26 November 1929) was the Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty. He served in this capacity from 27 June 1901 to his death in 1929 after he ...

. He is head of Global Banking and Commercial Banking for Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited. They married on 7 May 1997 in

. They had two daughters: * Girwani Rajya Lakshmi Rana (born on 22 June 1998 at Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital in

). * Surangana Rajya Lakshmi Rana (born on 21 October 2000 at Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital in Kathmandu). On 5 December 2008 in

, ''Kumar'' Gorakh Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana married Deepti Chand, a humanities student at Kathmandu's

Padma Kanya Multiple Campus Padma Kanya Multiple Campus is a women's college located in Bagbazar, Kathmandu. Founded on 17 September 1951, it is the oldest institution of its kind in Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked c ...

, who is also the niece of former royalist prime minister

Lokendra Bahadur Chand Lokendra Bahadur Chand ( born 15 February 1940) was the 27th prime minister of Nepal four times: from 1983 to 1986, briefly during April 1990, briefly during 1997 and from October 2002 until June 2003. He is also involved in literature and have ...

. The name Shruti means "that which is heard".

Death

Princess Shruti, her mother, father, and brother Nirajan, and six other Royal relatives were killed in the

Nepalese royal massacre The Nepalese royal massacre occurred on the night of 1 June 2001, at the Narayanhiti Palace in Kathmandu, the residence of the House of Shah, the Shah dynasty, royal family of Nepal. During a private gathering of the royal family, Crown Princ ...

on 1 June 2001.

Honours

;National Honours * Member First Class of the

Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu The Most Puissant Order of the Gorkha Dakshina Bahu (; Order of the Gurkha Right Arm ''or Hand'') was an order of knighthood of Nepal. It was one of the highest honors given traditionally by the king. It was awarded to both the military and civili ...

(29/12/1995). * Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Birendra (31/01/1997). * Bisista Sewa Padak pecial Service Medal(1999). ;Foreign Honours * : Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour (20/09/1994). * : Dame Grand Cross

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...

(25/11/1996).

Ancestry

References

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