Samrajya Lakshmi Devi Explained

Samrajya
Full Name:Samrajya Lakshmi Devi
Queen consort of Nepal
Queen regent of Nepal
Father:Thakur Prabhu Chand
Spouse:Rajendra of Nepal
Birth Date:ca. 1814
Royal House:House of Shah (by marriage)
House-Type:Dynasty
Issue:Surendra of Nepal
Upendra Bir Bikram Shah
Birth Place:Chilwa, Gorakpur, India
Death Place:Pasupatinath, Nepal
Mother:Chaurasi Kumari 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 died of malaria on October 6, 1841.

Life

She was very anxious about the power asserted by the Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa. She harassed the King Rajendra Bikram Shah to put an end to the power of the Mukhtiyar: