Prince Himalaya of Nepal


Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah, GBE, GCMG 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.

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