Prince Basundhara of Nepal explained

Prince Basundhara
Prince of Nepal
Full Name:Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah
House:Shah dynasty (by birth)
Type:Dynasty
Father:Tribhuvan of Nepal
Mother:Ishwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi
Spouse:Helen Rajya Lakshmi Devi
Ramola Devi
Issue:Princess Jayanti Shah
Ketaki Chester
Princess Jyotshana Basnyat
Princess Jyoti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Singha
Birth Date:25 November 1921
Birth Place:Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
Death Place:Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

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. 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 Helen Rajya Lakshmi Devi on 17 June 1945 in Kathmandu, and they had three daughters:

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

Prince Basundhara died on 31 August 1977, at the Bir Hospital, Kathmandu.

Honours

National honours

Foreign honours

Notes and References

  1. http://nai.com.np/contents.php?id=94 Nai
  2. http://www.omsa.org/files/jomsa_arch/Splits/1988/153251_JOMSA_Vol39_12_19.pdf Omsa.org