Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal explained

Princess Shanti Singh
Princess of Nepal
Rani of Bajhang
Full Name:Shanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi
House:Shah dynasty (by birth)
Type:Dynasty
Father:Mahendra of Nepal
Mother:Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi
Spouse:Kumar Deepak Jang Bahadur Singh, 60th Raja of Bajhang
Issue:Binod Singh, 61st Raja of Bajhang
Pramod Singh
Chhaya Devi
Birth Date:20 November 1940
Birth Place:Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
Death Place:Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Death Cause:Assassination (gunshot wounds)
Religion:Hindu

Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal or Shanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi (20 November 1940 – 1 June 2001) was a Nepalese princess and Rani of Bajhang after her marriage to Kumar Deepak Jang Bahadur Singh, 60th Raja of Bajhang. The eldest child of King Mahendra of Nepal, she was one of the ten people who died in the June 2001 Nepalese royal massacre.

The name Shanti means "inner peace".[1]

Life

The eldest child of King Mahendra and his first wife Crown Princess Indra, Princess Shanti was educated at Loreto Convent, Darjeeling and Tribhuvan University.

Known as humble and hardworking, Princess Shanti was involved in different social welfare activities.

She married in Kathmandu, on 8 February 1965, Kumar Deepak Jang Bahadur Singh, 60th Raja of Bajhang (died in 1984 in London). They had three children, two sons and one daughter:

In 1972, she founded the Nepal Leprosy Relief Association and became its patron in 1994. A life member of the Nepalese Red Cross Society and the Family Planning Association, Princess Shanti also greatly contributed to the welfare of disabled people, becoming the president of the Disabled Welfare Fund Management Committee in 1987.

She was killed in the Nepalese royal massacre on June 1, 2001, along with nine other members of the Nepalese royal family.[3]

Honours

National honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian Baby girl names starting with S - Hindu girl Names - Latest girl Names India. children.indiaeveryday.in. 21 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927232307/http://children.indiaeveryday.in/baby-girl-names.htm?p=s. 27 September 2015. dead.
  2. Book: Love and Death in Kathmandu: A Strange Tale of Royal Murder . Amy . Willesee . Mark . Whittaker. 27 May 2014. St. Martin's Press. 9781466872325 . 21 April 2018 . Google Books.
  3. Web site: Three princesses-Nepali Times. nepalitimes.com. 21 April 2018. 25 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171025185633/http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=8998#.Vf_ZNH3sHcw. live.