Prince Basundhara of Nepal

Prince Basundhara
Prince of Nepal
King Tribhuvan and his sons; Mahendra (standing), Basundhara and Himalaya (sitting) in 1932.
Born	(1921-11-25)25 November 1921 Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died	31 August 1977(1977-08-31) (aged 55) Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Spouse	Princess Helen Shah Ramola Devi
Issue	Princess Jayanti Shah Ketaki Chester Princess Jyotshana Basnyat Princess Jyoti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Singha
Names Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah
House	Shah dynasty (by birth)
Father	Tribhuvan of Nepal
Mother	Ishwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi
Religion	Hinduism

Prince Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah of Nepal, GCMG (25 November 1921 – 31 August 1977) was a son of King Tribhuvan of Nepal.

Life

Prince Basundhara was a son of King Tribhuvan and his second wife Queen Ishwari. The prince was educated under private tutors.

Flamboyant and handsome, Prince Basundhara was, in his day, one of the most popular members of the Nepalese royal family.^[citation needed] The prince was greatly interested in sports. From 1962 to 1975, he was the president of Nepal Olympic Committee; he also served as the president of Royal Nepal Golf Club, and, from 1961 to 1975, was the chairman of National Sports Council.

He married Princess Helen Shah on 17 June 1945 in Kathmandu, and they had three daughters:

• Princess Jayanti Shah (1946–2001), she was killed in the Nepalese royal massacre.
• Ketaki Chester (born on 14 January 1948 in Kathmandu), she renounced her titles of Princess of Nepal and Rajya Lakshmi Devi on her second marriage to a British airline pilot.
• Princess Jyotshanal.

He also married Ramola Devi (1923–2000), a writer [pen name Chhinnalata],[1] in 1948 and they a daughter:

• Jyoti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Singha (born on 25 November 1954).

Prince Basundhara died on 31 August 1977, at the Bir Hospital, Kathmandu.^[citation needed]

Honours

National honours

• Member of the Order of the Benevolent Ruler (1951).[2]
• Tribhuvan Order of the Footprint of Democracy, 1st class (30 September 1959).
• Member of the Order of the Star of Nepal, 1st class.
• Member of the Order of Om Rama Patta (Order of Rama Mantra Power).
• King Mahendra Coronation Medal (2 May 1956).
• King Birendra Coronation Medal (24 February 1975).

Foreign honours

• Honorary Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George [GCMG]. United Kingdom

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Basundhara of Nepal

16. King Surendra Bikram Shah of Nepal 8. Trailokya, Crown Prince of Nepal 17. Trailokya Rajya Lakshmi Devi 4. King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal 18. Jang Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, 1st Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski 9. Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Lakshmi Devi 19. Hiranyagarbha Kumari Devi 2. King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal 5. Divyeshwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi 1. Prince Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah Dev 6. Arjan Singh Sahib, Raja of Chhatara, Barhgaon and Oudh 3. Ishwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi 7. Krishnavati Devi Sahiba

References

1. Nai
2. Omsa.org