Prince Himalaya of Nepal

Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah, GBE, GCMG (October 12, 1922 – May 9, 1980) was a son of King Tribhuvan of Nepal and his first wife Queen Kanti. He was a younger brother of King Mahendra, and an uncle of King Birendra and King Gyanendra.

Prince Himalaya
Prince of Nepal
King Tribhuvan and his sons; Mahendra (standing), Basundhara and Himalaya (sitting) in 1932.
Born(1922-10-12)12 October 1922
Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died9 May 1980(1980-05-09) (aged 57)
Kathmandu, Nepal
SpousePrincep Rajya Lakshmi Devi
Full name
Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah
HouseShah dynasty (by birth)
FatherTribhuvan of Nepal
MotherKanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi
ReligionHinduism

Life

Prince Himalaya, the second son of King Tribhuvan and his first wife Queen Kanti, was born in 1921. He was educated under private tutors.

Prince Himalaya represented the Nepali king on several occasions. He represented the Nepali king at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Abbey in London, in 1953.

From 1957 to 1959, Prince Himalaya was the chairman of National Planning Commission. In 1959, he was the chairman of Tourism Development Council. The prince was the patron of Nepal Medical Association, 1951.

Prince Himalaya married Princep Rajya Lakshmi Devi on March 5, 1945, in Kathmandu.

Prince Himalaya died on May 9, 1980, in Kathmandu.

Honours

National honors
  • Member of the Order of Ojaswi Rajanya (1951).[1]
  • Member of the Tribhuvan Order of the Footprint of Democracy, 1st class.
  • Member of the Order of the Star of Nepal, 1st class.
  • King Mahendra Coronation Medal (2 May 1956).
  • King Birendra Coronation Medal (24 February 1975).

Foreign Honours

References
  1. Omsa.org
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