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Princess Prekshya Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal (19 January 1952 – 12 November 2001) was a princess consort of Nepal who died in a helicopter accident in Rara Lake along with three other passengers.[1][2]
Princess Prekshya | |||||
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Born | Kathmandu, Nepal | 19 January 1952||||
Died | 12 November 2001 49) Rara, Nepal (2001 Fishtail Air Eurocopter AS350 crash) | (aged||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Princess Puja Princess Dilasha Princess Sitashma | ||||
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House | Rana (by birth) Shah (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Kendra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana | ||||
Mother | Shree Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah | ||||
Religion | Hinduism |
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Princess Prekshya was the younger sister of Queen Aishwarya of Nepal and Queen Komal of Nepal. She was educated at St Mary's School, Jawalakhel; St Helen's Convent, Kurseong; and Tribhuvan University.
Prekshya married her second cousin Prince Dhirendra, a brother of King Birendra at Kathmandu, on 13 February 1972. Prekshya and Dhirendra had three daughters:[3]
Prekshya did not get along with her husband. She and Dhirendra separated when he renounced the style of Royal Highness, which Prekshya did not. They did not divorce, but Dhirendra went to live in London with an English woman who became his partner.[6]
Dhirendra was killed in the Nepalese royal massacre on 1 June 2001; Prekshya did not attend the event due to back problems.[7] She died on 12 November 2001, in a helicopter crash: she was returning to Nepal on the helicopter when the helicopter crashed into Lake Rara; her lifeless body was found in the waters of the lake.[8] Her body was later transported to Kathmandu for cremation.[9][10] After her death, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal declared that there was a link between the royal massacre and Prekshya's death.[11]
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