Queen Raj Rajeshwari Devi | |||||
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Queen consort of Ghorka Queen regent of Nepal | |||||
Born | Nepal | ||||
Died | Sankhu, Nepal | 5 May 1806||||
Spouse | Rana Bahadur Shah | ||||
Issue | Tilottoma Devi | ||||
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Dynasty | House of Shah (by birth) | ||||
Religion | Hinduism |
Raj Rajeshwari Devi (Nepali: राज राजेश्वरी) (died 5 May 1806) was a queen consort and twice regent of Nepal. She was the Queen consort of Rana Bahadur Shah. She ruled as regent during the minority of her son Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah in 1799, and in 1801–1804. She was forced to commit sati on the orders of Bhimsen Thapa, on the bank of the Salinadi rivulet, at Sankhu, 5 May 1806.