Prithvi of Nepal

Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah
King of Nepal
King Prithvi of Nepal
Reign	17 May 1881 – 11 December 1911
Coronation	1 December 1881[1]
Predecessor	Surendra Bir Bikram Shah
Successor	Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah
Born	18 August 1875 Basantapur, Nepal
Died	11 December 1911 (aged 36) (Poisoned) Kathmandu, Nepal
Spouse	Raman Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah Divyeshwari Laxmi Devi Shah Kirti Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah Durga Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah
Issue	Princess Lakshmi Princess Rama Princess Tara King Tribhuvan Princess Suman
Dynasty	House of Shah
Father	Trailokya Bir Bikram Shah Deva
Mother	Lalit Rajya Laxmi Devi
Religion	Hinduism

Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (Nepali: पृथ्वी बीर विक्रम शाह) (18 August 1875 – 11 December 1911) was King of Nepal from 1881 until 1911. Among the most notable events of his reign were the introduction of the first automobiles to Nepal, and the creation of strict water and sanitation systems for much of the country. King Prithvi's eldest child was Princess Royal Lakshmi Rajya Laxmi Devi, who was married to Field Marshal Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.^[2] She was made the Crown Princess and was heir to Nepal's throne until she was in her late teens, when her brother King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev was born. Until then King Prithvi only had four daughters and four from another wife.^[3]

Honours

• Sovereign of the Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu (1896).^[4]

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