Princess Shruti of Nepal
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Princess Shruti was the daughter of King Birendra
and Queen Aiswarya, and sister of Crown Prince Dipendra and Prince Nirajan
. Princess Shruti studied at Kanti Ishwori Sishu Vidhyalaya in Nepal, St. Mary's school in Nepal, and later at Mayo Girls College in Ajmer
, India. She completed her bachelors degree at Padma Kanya Campus in Nepal.
She was married to Gorakh Shamsher J. B. Rana, a member of an aristocratic Rana family of Nepal, descendants of Maharajah Chandra Shumshere Rana. Princess Shruti had two daughters Girvani (b. 22 January 1998) and Surangana (b. 2 October 2000).
She, along with her mother, father and brother Nirajan, were killed in the royal palace massacre on 1 June 2001
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Birendra of Nepal
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was a King of Nepal. The son of King Mahendra, whom he succeeded in 1972, he reigned until his death in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre...
and Queen Aiswarya, and sister of Crown Prince Dipendra and Prince Nirajan
Nirajan
Prince Nirajan Bir Bikram Shah Dev, was a Prince of Nepal, younger brother of Crown Prince/King Dipendra, who was responsible for the Nepalese royal massacre, in which Nirajan and other royals were killed at a dinner in 2001. Nirajan was next in line to the throne after Dipendra.-References:...
. Princess Shruti studied at Kanti Ishwori Sishu Vidhyalaya in Nepal, St. Mary's school in Nepal, and later at Mayo Girls College in Ajmer
Ajmer
Ajmer , formerly written as Ajmere, is a city in Ajmer District in Rajasthan state in India. Ajmer has a population of around 800,000 , and is located west of the Rajasthan state capital Jaipur, 200 km from Jodhpur, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from...
, India. She completed her bachelors degree at Padma Kanya Campus in Nepal.
She was married to Gorakh Shamsher J. B. Rana, a member of an aristocratic Rana family of Nepal, descendants of Maharajah Chandra Shumshere Rana. Princess Shruti had two daughters Girvani (b. 22 January 1998) and Surangana (b. 2 October 2000).
She, along with her mother, father and brother Nirajan, were killed in the royal palace massacre on 1 June 2001
Nepalese royal massacre
The Nepalese royal massacre occurred on Friday, June 1, 2001, at a house in the grounds of the Narayanhity Royal Palace, then the residence of the Nepalese monarchy, when the heir to the throne, Prince Dipendra killed nine members of his family and himself. However, it hasn't been proven that...
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