Upendra Bikram Shah (; sometimes known as Mahila Sahibju) was a Nepalese prince.

Biography

Upendra Bikram Shah was born in

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to King

Rajendra Bikram Shah Rajendra Bikram Shah (; 3 December 1813 – 10 July 1881) was King of Nepal. His reign saw the rise of the Ranas; in 1846, Jung Bahadur Rana came to power as prime minister and the next year, Rajendra was forced to abdicate in favor of his son ...

and Maharani

Samrajya Lakshmi Devi Samrajya Lakshmi Devi (c. 1814 – 6 October 1841) was, as the senior wife of King Rajendra of Nepal, a queen consort of Nepal. She was the mother of King Surendra and Prince Upendra. Samrajya was the de facto regent from 1839 to 1841. She die ...

. His mother is sometimes called one of the most powerful queens in the

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. Shah was sent into

Allahabad Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...

, British India for conspiring against

Jung Bahadur Rana Jung Bahadur Rana, , was born Bir Narsingh Kunwar (1817-1877). His mother, Ganesh Kumari, was the daughter of Kaji Nain Singh Thapa, the brother of Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa from the prominent Thapa dynasty. During his lifetime, Jung Bahadur eli ...

. In 1854, Shah was given the

Bagh Durbar Bag Durbar, () is a palace in Kathmandu, Nepal, west of the Dharahara and Tundikhel. Initially the palace was owned by Amar Singh Thapa (Sardar) of the Thapa regime and his descendant, but later was occupied by the Royals of the Shah dynasty and ...

, where, he was later put under house arrest for

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. He died in

Bikram Sambat Vikram Samvat (ISO: ''Vikrama Saṁvata''; abbreviated VS), also known as the Vikrami calendar is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still also used in several Indian states and Nepal. It is a lunisolar calendar, ...

1896. Upendra Bikram Shah was also a

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References

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