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| date of birth =[[December 28]], [[1945]] |
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'''Queen Aishwarya''' ([[November 7]], [[1949]] – [[June 1]], [[2001]]) was the Queen of [[Nepal]] from [[1972]] to [[2001]]. She was the wife of [[Birendra of Nepal | King Birendra]] and the mother of [[Dipendra|Crown Prince Dipendra]], [[Nirajan|Prince Nirajan]], and [[Princess Shruti]]. |
'''Queen Aishwarya''' ([[November 7]], [[1949]] – [[June 1]], [[2001]]) was the Queen of [[Nepal]] from [[1972]] to [[2001]]. She was the wife of [[Birendra of Nepal | King Birendra]] and the mother of [[Dipendra|Crown Prince Dipendra]], [[Nirajan|Prince Nirajan]], and [[Princess Shruti]]. |
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| Queen Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah | |
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| Late Queen of Nepal | |
| Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev One of the most popular Queen of Nepal | |
| Born | November 07, 1949 Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Died | June 1, 2001, aged 51 Kathmandu, Nepal Died in the Nepalese Palace Massacre |
| Occupation | Royal Queen |
| reign =31 January 1972 - 1 June 2001 | coronation = | predecessor =Mahendra of Nepal | successor =Dipendra of Nepal | suc-type =Heir-Apparent | heir = | consort =Aiswarya | issue = | royal house =Shah dynasty | royal anthem =Shrimann Ghambir | father =Late Kendra Shamsher JBR | mother =Shrirajya Laxmi Rana | date of birth =December 28, 1945 | place of birth = | date of death =1 June 2001 | place of death = | buried = |}}
Queen Aishwarya (November 7, 1949 – June 1, 2001) was the Queen of Nepal from 1972 to 2001. She was the wife of King Birendra and the mother of Crown Prince Dipendra, Prince Nirajan, and Princess Shruti.
She hailed from the Rana family which had been the prime ministerial family and the effective rulers of Nepal until the 1950s. She was said to be a reactionary whereas her husband was more open to democratic governance. She was unpopular with the left. In 1998 a crowd threw stones at her and tight security measures had to be adopted for her future public appearances.
Queen Aishwarya was shot dead along with her husband, King Birendra, her son, Prince Nirajan, her daughter, Princess Shruti, and seven other royal family members, purportedly by her own son Prince Dipendra, who was wearing military fatigues and wielding an assault rifle and a submachine gun. It is widely believed that the motive for the Queen's murder was her strong opposition to the Crown Prince's proposed marriage to Devyani Rana of Nepal.
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