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.
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: