Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (25 July 1926 – 4 September 1950) was the consort and Crown Princess of Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev.
Life She was the first wife of Mahendra of Nepal (1920–1972). Crown Princess Indra belonged to the aristocratic Rana family and was the daughter of late Honorary General Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and his wife, Megha Kumari Rajya Lakshmi.Himalaya
She married Crown Prince Mahendra on 8 May 1940 as a teenager at 14, and died on 4 September 1950 at the age of 24. She bore three sons and three daughters before her early death. She succumbed to a post-partum haemorrhage, a complication following the birth of her sixth child, Dhirendra.Indian Express The death of the Crown Princess led to the building of the kingdom's first maternity hospital, the Prasuti Griha, and her head-and-shoulders statue stands in the entrance of the hospital that was built on the grounds of Charburja Durbar and was opened on 17 August 1959.Pmwh
Two years after Indra's death, her younger sister Ratna married Crown Prince Mahendra. There were no children by this marriage.
Offspring NameBirthDeathSpouseChildrenPrincess Shanti20 November 19401 June 2001 (aged 60)Deepak Jang Bahadur Singh1) Binod Singh2) Pramod Singh3) Chhaya DeviPrincess Sharada2 February 19421 June 2001 (aged 59)Khadga Bikram Shah1) Bikash Bikram Shah2) Deebas Bikram Shah3) Ashish Bikram ShahKing Birendra29 December 19451 June 2001 (aged 55)Queen Aishwarya1) King Dipendra2) Princess Shruti3) Prince NirajanKing GyanendraLivingQueen Komal1) Crown Prince Paras2) Princess PreranaPrincess ShovaLivingMohan Bahadur Shahi1) Himvan Shahi2) Manuja ShahPrince Dhirendra14 January 19501 June 2001 (aged 51)1) Princess Prekshya2) Jaya Pandey3) Shirley Greaney1) Princess Puja2) Princess Dilasha3) Princess Sitashma4) Shreya Shah5) Ushaana Laela Shah Four of her children were killed in the 2001 royal massacre.
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