Komal (Nepali: कोमल राज्य लक्ष्मी देवी शाह) (born 18 February 1951) is a member of the Nepalese royal family who was Queen of Nepal as the wife of King Gyanendra of Nepal until the monarchy was abolished on 28 May 2008. She is also known by the name Komal Shah.

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Komal
Queen Komal ca. 1985 in Nepal
Queen consort of Nepal
Tenure	4 June 2001 – 28 May 2008
Coronation	4 June 2001
Born	Komal Rana (1951-02-18) 18 February 1951 (age 73) Bagmati, Kathmandu, Nepal
Spouse	Gyanendra of Nepal
Issue	Paras, Crown Prince of Nepal Princess Prerana
Names Komal Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah
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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Komal was born in Bagmati, Kathmandu into the Rana family, the daughter of Kendra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1927–1982) and his wife Shree Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (1928–2005).^{[citation needed]} Komal's older sister Aishwarya was married to King Birendra of Nepal, the brother of Gyanendra. Aishwarya was killed in the palace massacre on 1 June 2001. Komal sustained bullet injuries as a result of the palace shooting and spent four weeks recovering in hospital.^[1]

She was educated at St Mary's School, Jawalakhel, St Helen's Convent, Kurseong, India and Kalanidhi Sangeet Mahavidhyalaya, Kathmandu.

As a result of the massacre, Komal's husband Gyanendra succeeded to the throne following the deaths of King Birendra, Crown Prince Dipendra (who had briefly succeeded him), and Prince Nirajan. Komal thus became Queen of Nepal.^{[citation needed]}

Komal's younger sister Prekshya also married into the Shah dynasty marrying Gyanendra and Birendra's brother Prince Dhirendra who was killed in the palace massacre. They divorced in 1991.^{[citation needed]} Princess Prekshya was killed in a helicopter crash on 12 November 2001.

Queen Komal married her second cousin Prince Gyanendra of Nepal on 1 May 1970 in Kathmandu. They have two children:

1. Paras Shah (born on 30 December 1971 in Kathmandu)
2. Prerana Shah Singh (born on 20 February 1978 in Kathmandu).

The Nepalese Parliament voted on 28 December 2007 as part of a peace deal with former Maoist rebels, 270-3 in favour of abolishing the monarchy.^[2]

On 28 May 2008, the monarchy was officially abolished, replaced by a secular federal republic.^[3]

• Member of the Raj Sabha (1977).
• Patron Association of St Mary's Alumnae Nepal.
• Chairman of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT).
• President of the SOS Children's Villages-Nepal (2001).