Hiranya_Garbha_Devi

Hiranya Garbha Devi

Hiranya Garbha Devi

Nepalese Maharani and principal wife of Jung Bahadur Rana

Hiranya Garbha Kumari Devi (Nepali: हिरण्यगर्भ कुमारी देवी, born as Hiranya Garbha Chautari Bikram Shah,[1] also known as Maiya Maharani (Nepali: मैया महारानी);[2] 16 April 1826 – 25 February 1877) was a Nepalese maharani and principal wife of Jung Bahadur Rana.

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According to her Janam kundali, Hiranya Garbha Devi was born on 16 April 1826.[3] Her father Prana Shah was a Chautariya (equivalent to prime minister) and she was the only one daughter of Shah.[4] Her brother Fateh Jung Shah was also a prime minister of Nepal and he was killed in 1846 by Jung Bahadur Rana during the Kot massacre.[5][6]

Devi married Jung Bahadur Rana, the first Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty, on 8 May 1854.[7][8] Upon her marriage, she was made Bada Maharani (lit. Senior Maharani).[9] Her daughter Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Lakshmi Devi was married to Trailokya, Crown Prince of Nepal who gave birth to King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah.[5] On 25 February 1877, Devi committed sati.[10]

Devi was described to be a "strong willed girl" as she married Rana who had killed her brother.[11] She played an important role in Jung Bahadur's life.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    Śreshṭha, Vishṇuprasāda (2006). Nepālako Śāha tathā Rāṇā vaṃśāvalī (in Nepali). Deba Badana Śreshṭha. p. 33.
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    Kumar Bhattarai, Madan (12 December 2020). "Unravelling the life of a forgotten Rana General". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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    "कुण्डलीसङग्रह" (PDF). Poornima. p. 14. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. [4]
    Duḥkhī, Sundaraprasāda Śāha (1983). Prativāda: itihāsa sambaddha upanyāsa (in Nepali). Sukasaṅka Prakāśana. p. 9.
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    Raj, Prakash A. (1994). Portraits and Photographs from Nepal. Nabeen Publications. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7855-2760-2.
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    Whelpton, John (1991). Kings, Soldiers, and Priests: Nepalese Politics and the Rise of Jang Bahadur Rana, 1830-1857. Manohar Publications. p. 190. ISBN 978-81-85425-64-1.
  7. [7]
    Regmi, Mahesh Chandra (1963). Land Tenure and Taxation in Nepal: Religious and charitable land endowments: Guthi tenure. Institute of International Studies, University of California. p. 192.
  8. [8]
    Shaha, Rishikesh (2001). An Introduction to Nepal. Ratna Pustak Bhandar. p. 87.
  9. [9]
    Shaha, Rishikesh (1990). Modern Nepal: 1769–1885. Riverdale Company. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-913215-64-7.
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    Raj, Prakash A. (1997). Queens of the Shah Dynasty in Nepal. Ratna Pustak Bhandar. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7855-7483-5.
  11. [11]
    Rana, Pramode Shamshere J. B. (1999). A Chronicle of Rana Rule. R. Rana. p. 32.
  12. [12]
    Rana, Sagar S. J. B. (2017). Singha Durbar: Rise and Fall of the Rana Regime of Nepal. Rupa Publications India. ISBN 978-81-291-4561-1.

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