Queen Ratna of Nepal
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Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah is a member of the Nepalese royal family who was the Queen of Nepal from 1955 to 1972 and queen dowager from 1972 to 2008.
Queen Ratna in 1967
King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev and Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah in their coronation on 2 May 1956.
Queen Ratna in the Netherlands on 25 April 1967 with Prince Bernhard.
Mahendra of Nepal
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Shree Panch Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until his death in 1972. He led the 1960 royal coup, in which he dismissed the government, suspended the constitution, ban
Queen Ratna of Nepal
…Queen consort of Nepal Tenure 13 March 1955 – 31 January 1972 Coronation 2 May 1956 Born 19 August 1928 Hari Bhawan, Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal Spouse Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah (m. 1952; died 1972) Names Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah House Rana dynasty (by birth) Shah dynasty (by marriage) Father Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur…
King Mahendra at his coronation in 1956
Crown Prince Mahendra, Prince Himalaya Pratap, Prince Basundhara and their father, King Tribhuvan, in 1932.
BP Koirala taking oath as 22nd Prime minister of Nepal
King Mahendra and Queen Ratna in 1957