Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal


Princess Sharada Shah of Nepal or Sharada Rajya Lakshmi Devi was the middle daughter of King Mahendra of Nepal. Princess Sharada and her husband, Kumar Khadga, were two of the ten members of the Nepalese royal family killed in the Nepalese royal massacre.

Life

Princess Sharada was the second daughter of King Mahendra and his first wife, Crown Princess Indra.
Name Sharada means "Goddess of Art and Knowledge".
Princess Sharada was educated at Loreto Convent, Darjeeling and Tribhuvan University. She was active in social welfare activities and was involved with children's welfare activities. Princess Sharada was affiliated with the Nepalese Red Cross Society, the Disaster Relief Subcommittee, and the Child Welfare Subcommittee, among other organizations. In 1971, she founded the SOS Village-Nepal, and was its chairperson.
Princess Sharada was married to Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah on 29 May 1965 in Kathmandu. His ancestors were the rajas of Jumla in the far west of Nepal. He was a well-known academic and writer, and they had three sons:
Both Princess Sharada and Kumar Khadga were killed in the Nepalese royal massacre on June 1, 2001.

Honours

;National Honours
;Foreign Honours