Rajya Lakshmi Devi

Rajya Lakshmi
Queen consort of Nepal
Queen regent of Nepal
Bornca. 1814
Gorakpur, India
Diedbefore 1900
Mahamurganj, Varanasi
SpouseKing Rajendra
IssueRanendra Bir Bikram Shah
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah
Names
Rajya Lakshmi Devi
DynastyShah dynasty (by marriage)
ReligionHinduism

Rajya Lakshmi Devi (Nepali राज्यलक्ष्मी देवी) (ca. 1814 – before 1900) was a queen consort of Nepal as the junior wife of King Rajendra of Nepal.[1]

In 1843, Queen Rajya Lakshmi was made the queen regent and co-regent of her husband. Queen Rajya Lakshmi wanted to have her son, Prince Ranendra, to be crowned the next king instead of her stepson Surendra Bikram Shah. She was somewhat responsible for the Kot massacre in 1846, which initiated the 104-year rule of the Rana dynasty in Nepal.

  1. ^ Acharya, Baburam (2013). The Bloodstained Throne: Struggles for Power in Nepal (1775-1914). New Delhi: Penguin Books Ltd. pp. 137–145. ISBN 978-0-143-41637-1.