Rajendra Rajya Laxmi Devi
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| Queen consort of Nepal Queen regent of Nepal |
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| Died | 13 July 1785 Hanuman Dhoka Palace, Basantapur, Kathmandu |
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| Spouse | Pratap Singh Shah | ||||
| Issue | Nagendra Shah Rana Bahadur Shah |
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| Dynasty | House of Shah (by marriage) | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
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Rajendra Rajya Laxmi Devi (?–13 July 1785) was the consort of Pratap Singh Shah, King of Kingdom of Nepal. During her eight years of regency, she contributed to the unification of modern Nepal begun by Prithvi Narayan Shah.
She was the mother of Nagendra Shah (died aged six months) and Rana Bahadur Shah. Her husband Pratap Singh Shah became king at the age of 23, and died when he was 25. Rajendra Rajaya Lakshmi then became queen regent for her son Rana Bahadur Shah.
Rajendra Rajya Laxmi was born as a princess in Palpa.
She died from tuberculosis, at the Hanuman Dhoka Palace, in Kathmandu.
She became regent on 17 November 1777 and she was taken prisoner in silver handcuffs in 1778. She was restored on 20 June 1779 and continued to be queen regent until her death. During the time, the principalities of Lambjang, Kaski and Tanahun were annexed in the kingdom of Nepal, under her military leadership.
Queen Regent Rajendra Rajya Laxmi repelled the combined attacks of the Chaubise kings, and expanded Nepal's borders up to Kali Gandaki. She is viewed as an able administrator who extended Kindg Prithvi Narayan Shah's military campaign. However, her reign was not free of problems, due to her strife with her brother-in-law Bahadur Shah, her court had become a space for courtly intrigues and conspiracies.
Rajendra Laxmi died on 1785 due to tuberculosis in Hanumandhoka Palace of Kathmandu.
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