PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: An independent state, situated on the north-eastern frontier of India. Under the Rana prime ministers there was a council, consisting of the relations of the king, the raj guru, the generals, and a few other officials known as kajis and sirdars and bhardars, which were consulted on all important business, and which formed a court of appeal for disputed cases from the courts of law. Rulers were...

• HH Maharaja Dhiraj PRITHVI NARAYAN SHAH Dev, 1st Maharaja of Nepal 1768/1775, born 7th January 1723, originally Raja of Gorkha 1743/1768, he became the first King of Nepal when he conquered the three main kingdoms in Nepal in 1768 and progressively the rest of the smaller principalities; married 1stly, Rani Inder Kumari, daughter of Raja Hemkarna Sen of Makwanpur, married 2ndly, Rani Narendra Lakshmi Devi, she committed sati in January 1775, daughter of Abhiman Singh a Brahmin of Varanasi, married 3rdly, Rani Ichhawati Devi, married 4thly, Rani Dayawati Devi, and had issue. He died 11th January 1775.

  • HH Maharaja Dhiraj Pratap Singh [Pratapsimha Shah] (by Narendra Lakshmi Devi) (qv)

  • Chautarya Bahadur Shah (by Narendra Lakshmi Devi), born June 1754 (Ashadh, 1814VE), Regent of Nepal 1778/1779 and 1785/1794 (dismissed in April 1794); he was appointed Subedar of Jajarkot on Baisakh Badi 15, 1854; he was granted the title of Ghung by the Chinese Emperor in 1790; married (amongst others), January 1786 (Magh 10, 1842VE), a daughter of Raja Mahadatta Sen of Palpa. He died sp in June 1797 (Ashadh 14, 1854VE).

  • Maharajkumar Vedum Shah

  • Maharajkumar Narayan Shah

  • Maharajkumar Vishnu Maharajkumar

  • Rani Vilasa Kumari, married in 1767, Rajkumar (later Raja) Ranabhima Shah of Salyan.

• HH Maharaja Dhiraj PRATAP SINGH SHAH Dev, 2nd Maharaja of Nepal 1775/1777, born 1751, crowned on 25th January 1775, continued the annexation of the petty kingdoms of Nepal begun by his father so that by 1790 the boundaries of Nepal stretched from Bhutan to the Sutlej river, and from Tibet to the British provinces; married (a), HH Maharani Rajendra Lakshmi Devi from Palpa, born 1751, acting Regent of Nepal 1777/1778 and 1779/1785, died 13th July 1785 at Kathmandu, married (b), Maiju Rani, a Newar lady of the wrong caste, daughter of Biranarasimha, former Minister of Lalitpura, she committed sati December 1777, and had issue. He died 17th November 1777

  • Maharajkumar Nagendra Shah (Rajendra Lakshmi Devi), born 1774, died 1774.

  • HH Maharaja Dhiraj Rana Bahadur Shah (by Rajendra Lakshmi Devi) (qv)

  • Maharajkumar Bidur Shahi (by Maiju Rani), appointed Chautarya in May 1794. He died (beheaded) 26th April 1806 at Bhandarkhal.

  • Maharajkumar Sher Bahadur Shah (by Maiju Rani), born 9th January 1778, appointed Chautariya in May 1794. He died 25th April 1806.

• HH Maharaja Dhiraj RANA BAHADUR SHAH Dev, 3rd Maharaja of Nepal 1777/1798, born about 27th June 1775 (or 25th May 1775) (Ashadh 11, 1832VE), crowned 1st December 1777, assumed power in April 1794, Regent of Nepal 1804/1806, his youth had been spent in pampered luxury amid deadly intrigue and had made him incapable of running either his own life or the country. He became infatuated with a Maithili Brahman widow, Kantavati, and cleared the way to the throne for their son. He was forced to turn his throne over to his son on 13th February 1798, and retired to Banaras as an ascete taking the name Parama Nirgunanand Swami. He returned to Nepal in 1804, becoming mukhtiyar, and ordering the execution of Damodar Pande. Rana Bahadur Shah quarreled in open court with his half-brother, Sher Bahadur, whereupon the latter drew his sword and killed Rana Bahadur Shah before being cut down by a nearby courtier; he was granted the title of Wang by the Chinese Emperor in 1790; he married 1stly, 1789, Rani Raj Rajeswari Vidya Lakshmi [Rajeshwari Devi], sister of Raja Siddhi Pratap Shah of Gulmi, and grand daughter of Raja Shiva Shah of Gulmi, Regent of Nepal 1799/1800 and 1802/1804, died sp 4th May 1806, married 2ndly, 1791, Bhogya Rani Subarna Prabha, Regent of Nepal 1800/1802, married 3rdly, January 1797, Rani Kantavati Mati, daughter of a Brahmin of the Mishra caste, died 31st November 1799 (Kartik Sudi 4, 1856VE), married 4thly, Rani Chandravati, married 5thly, Rani Amar Rajeshwari Devi, married 6thly, 1804, Rani Lalita Tripura Sundari Devi (née Thapa), born 1793/4, Regent of Nepal 1806/1832, died 1st April 1832, possibly daughter of Sri Kaji Nayan Singh Thapa, and had issue. He died 25th April 1806.

  • HH Maharaja Dhiraj Girvanyuddha Bikram Shah (by Rani Kantivati) (qv)

  • Maharajkumar Ranendra Bikram Shah (by Rani Subarba Prabha)

  • Maharajkumar Ranadyat Shah (by Rani Subarna Prabha), Chief Chautarya, born 1796/1797.

  • Maharajkumari Tilottoma Devi (from Rani Raj Rajeswari)

  • Maharajkumari Amar Lakshmi Devi

  • Maharajkumari Vilasvati Lakshmi Devi

  • Maharajkumari Dhanashahi Lakshmi Devi (by Rani Kantivati)

• HH Maharaja Dhiraj GIRVANYUDDHA BIKRAM SHAH Dev, 4th Maharaja of Nepal 1799/1816, born 27th October 1797 (Sunday, Ashwin 12, 1854VE), crowned 11th March 1799; married 1stly, Maharani Siddhi Lakshmi Devi, the Senior Queen, she committed sati in November 1816 or died in April 1832, married 2ndly, Maharani Gorakhshya Rajya Lakshmi Devi, the Junior Queen, born 1798, died 1816, married 3rdly, Rani Kritirekha, and had issue. He died 22nd November 1816.

  • Maharajkumar Narendra Bikram Shah

  • HH Maharaja Dhiraj Rajendra Bikram Shah (by HH Maharani Siddhi Lakshmi Devi)

  • Maharajkumari Satyarupa Rajya Lakshmi Devi (by Maharani Gorakhshya)

  • Maharajkumari Subhagyasundari Rajya Lakshmi Devi (by Maharani Gorakhshya)

  • Maharajkumari Saraswati Kumari Devi, married Raja Gajraj Singh, Raja of Bajhang, and had issue.

• HH Maharaja Dhiraj RAJENDRA BIKRAM SHAH Dev 1816/1847, born 1813, crowned 8th December 1816; he abrogated his ruling powers in favour of his Junior Queen on 5th January 1843; married 1stly, on 5th February 1824, Maharani Samrajya Lakshmi Devi, born 1814, died 6th October 1841 ^{(#2 p.33)}, married 2ndly, on 5th February 1824, Maharani Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 1815, daughter of Shri Prashu Shah, and had issue. He died 1881.

  • HH Maharaja Dhiraj Surendra Bikram Shah (by Maharani Samrajya) (qv)

  • Maharajkumar Devendra Bikram Shah (by Maharani Samrajya), born about January 1837, died 24th July 1837.

  • Maharajkumar Upendra Bikram Shah (by Maharani Samrajya?), married and had issue.

    • Rajkumar Dhirendra Bikram Shah, married two daughters of Maharaja Sri Tin Sir Jung Bahadur Rana, and had issue.

      • Shri Bhupendra Bikram Shah, married and had issue.

        • Prince Mohan Bikram Shah II [Rama Raja], Raja of Ramnagar, married and had issue. He died 1947.

  • Maharajkumar Ranendra Bikram Shah (by Maharani Rajya), born 1834.

  • Maharajkumar Birendra Bikram Shah (by Maharani Rajya), married a daughter of Raja Prahlad Sen, Raja of Ramnagar, and had issue.

    • Prince Mohan Bikram Shah I, Raja of Ramnagar -/1912, born about 1852, married 4thly, before 1893, Rani Chhatra Kumari Devi, daughter of Thakur Puran Chandra Khan of Garunkot, Nepal, and had adoptive issue. He died sp 18th April 1912.

      • (A) Prince Mohan Bikram Shah II [Rama Raja], Raja of Ramnagar, succeeded by adoption, married and had issue (see above).

  • Maharajkumari (name unknown) Lakshmi Devi, the territory of Satsayakudi was granted as her dowry and made a part of Bajura Rajya; she married 1844, Raja Bikram Bahadur Shah of Bajura.

  • Maharajkumari (name unknown) Lakshmi Devi, born 1834, married the Raja of Jumla.

• HH Maharaja Dhiraj SURENDRA BIKRAM SHAH Dev, 5th Maharaja of Nepal 1847/1881, born 1829, crowned 12th May 1847; married 1stly, in May 1843, HH Maharani Trailokya Rajya Lakshmi Devi, died in October 1850, the Senior Maharani, daughter of the Raja of Gulmi, married 2ndly, HH Maharani Sura Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married 3rdly, HH Maharani Devarajya Lakshmi Devi, married 4thly, HH Maharani Punnya Kumari Devi, and had issue. He died 17th May 1881.

  • HRH Crown Prince Trailokya, born 30th November 1847, married 1stly, HRH Princess Divyeswari Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married 2ndly, Sri Panch Bada Maharani [Tara Rajya Lakshmi Devi], daughter of Maharaja Sri Tin Sir Jung Bahadur Rana, married 3rdly, Sri Panch Kanchhi Maharani [HRH Princess Lalita Rajya Lakshmi Devi], Regent of Nepal 1881/1893, daughter of Maharaja Sri Tin Sir Jung Bahadur Rana, and had issue. He died 1878.

    • HH Maharaja Dhiraj Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (by Princess Lalita) (qv)

    • Maharajkumar Yakshya Bikram Shah

    • Maharajkumar Rana Bikram Shah

    • Maharajkumar Jhulendra Bikram Shah

  • HRH Prince Narendra Bikram Shah, born in December 1848, married a daughter of Maharaja Sri Tin Sir Jung Bahadur Rana, and had issue.

  • HRH Prince (name unknown) Bikram Shah, born 22nd September 1851.

  • HRH Princess (name unknown) Lakshmi Devi (by the Senior Maharani), born 1848, married 8th May 1854, married the eldest son of Maharaja Sri Tin Sir Jung Bahadur Rana, born 1846.

  • HRH Princess (name unknown) Lakshmi Devi, born 1842?, married 1848, Maharajkumar Jagat Jung Rana, son of Maharaja Sri Tin Sir Jung Bahadur Rana.

  • HRH Princess (name unknown) Lakshmi Devi, married Maharajkumar Jeet Jung Rana, son of Maharaja Sri Tin Sir Jung Bahadur Rana.

• HH Maharaja Dhiraj PRITHVI Bir Bikram Shah Dev, 6th Maharaja of Nepal 1881/1911, born 18th August 1875, crowned 1st December 1881; married 1stly, HH Maharani Revati Raman Rajya Lakshmi, born 1878, died 1926, Regent of Nepal 1911/-, of the Kangra Royal Family, married 2ndly, HH Maharani Lakshmi Divyeshwari Devi, another Princess of the Kangra Royal Family, married 3rdly, HH Maharani Kirti Divyeshwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi, elder daughter of HH Supradipta Manyabara Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Maharaja of Kaski and Lamjung, and his first wife, HH Bada Maharani Top Kumari Rajya Lakshmi, married 4thly, HH Maharani Durga Divyeshwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi, younger daughter of HH Supradipta Manyabara Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, Maharaja of Kaski and Lamjung, and his first wife, HH Bada Maharani Top Kumari Rajya Lakshmi, and had issue as well as further issue by a 'kept wife'. He died 11th December 1911.

  • Swasti Sri Giriraja Chakra Chudamani Nara-Narayanetyadi Wiwidha Whajamana Manonnata Projjwala-nepala-taramahadhipati Shri Man Maharajadhirja Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Junga Bahadur Shah Bahadur Shamsher Junga Dewanam Sada Samara-wijayinam (by Maharani Revati) (qv)

  • HRH Princess Royal Lakshmi Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married 20th April 1904, Lt. Gen. HH Maharajkumar Sir Keshar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, son of HH Projjwala-Nepala Taradhisha Maharajah Sir Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.

  • Rani Rama Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married Lt. Gen. Maharajkumar Singha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, son of HH Projjwala-Nepala Taradhisha Maharajah Sir Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and had issue.

  • Rani Tara Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married Maj.Gen. Maharajkumar Krishna Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, son of HH Projjwala-Nepala Taradhisha Maharajah Sir Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.

  • Rani Suman Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married Gen. Shri Sur Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, son of Gen. Sri Gehendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and had issue.

  • Rajkumar Sagar Bikram Shah [Sahebju Sagar Bir Bikram Jung Bahadur Shah] (by a kept wife), he was the recipient of a Bakas-Birta grant of about 1,669 bighas of cultivated lands in Mahottari district in 1912.

• HM Swasti Sri Giriraja Chakra Chudamani Nara-Narayanetyadi Wiwidha Whajamana Manonnata Projjwala-nepala-taramahadhipati Shri Man Maharajadhirja Sri Sri Sri Maharaja TRIBHUVAN Bir Bikram Jung Bahadur Shah Dev Bahadur Shamsher Junga Dewanam Sada Samara-wijayinam, 7th King of Nepal 1911/1955, born 30th June 1906 ^(#1), crowned 20th February 1913; married 1stly, HM Queen Kanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 1906, died 12th April 1973, daughter of Rajkumar Arjun Singh of the house of Raja Anrup Singh of Chatara, Barhgaon, District Sitapur-Oudh, married 2ndly, HM Queen Ishwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Rajkumar Arjun Singh of the house of Raja Anrup Singh of Chatara, Barhgaon, District Sitapur-Oudh, (sister of the Senior Queen) ^(#3), married (a), Sarala Manandhar, and had issue, as well as further issue. He died 13th March 1955 in Zurich.

  • HM King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (qv)

  • HRH Prince Himalaya Bir Bikram Shah Dev, born 12th October 1921 in Narayanhity Royal Palace, married 5th March 1945 in Narayanhity Royal Palace, HRH Princess Princep Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, born 16th March 1930 in Kathmandu, daughter of General Sri Nara Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, died 22nd May 1982 in Bangkok, Thailand. He died sp 9th May 1980.

  • HRH Princess Vijaya Rajya Lakshmi Devi

  • HRH Princess Bharati Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 17th February 1928 in Kathmandu, married 8th February 1951 in Calcutta, HH Maharaja Shri Pradeep Chandra Bhanj Deo of Mayurbhanj.

  • HRH Prince Basundhara Bir Bikram Shah Dev, born 25th November 1921 in Narayanhity Royal Palace, married 17th June 1945 in Narayanhity Royal Palace, HRH Princess Helen Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, born 21st September 1932 in Kathmandu, died 5th December 2007, daughter of General Sri Nara Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and had issue. He died 31st August 1977 in Kathmandu.

    • HRH Princess Jayanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi, died 1st June 2001 in Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu.

    • HRH Princess Ketaki Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born about 1946, awarded the Suprashiddha Prabala Gorkha Dakshin Babu (First Class) medal on 23rd October 2001; married to Mr.Chester, and has issue.

    • HRH Princess Jyotsana Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah

    • HRH Princess Jyoti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah

  • Rani Triloki Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married February 1948, Rao Raja Hardayal Singh of Sikar.

  • Rani Nalini Rajya Lakshmi Devi, married 1950, Raja Sivraten Dev Singh of Poonch.

  • Rani Bimala Rajya Laxmi Devi (by a secondary wife), married Maharajkumar Shri Maheshwar Kumar Singh of Surguja, and has issue.

• HM King MAHENDRA BIR BIKRAM SHAH Dev, 8th King of Nepal 1955/1972, born 11th June 1920 in Kathmandu, crowned 2nd May 1956; married 1stly, 8th May 1940 in Kathmandu, HM Queen Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 1924, (daughter of General Shri Tin Maharajkumar Hari Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana), died 27th August 1950 in Kathmandu, married 2ndly, 11th December 1952 in Kathmandu, HM Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 20th August 1928, (daughter of General Shri Tin Maharajkumar Hari Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana), and had issue, as well as further issue. He died 31st January 1972 in Kathmandu.

  • HRH Princess Shanti Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah, born 1941, educated at the Loreto Convent in Darjeeling and Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu; member of the Rajya Sabha, and was associated withe several charities, including the Nepal Leprosy Relief Association; she married Kumar Deepak Jung Bahadur Singh, Raja of Bajhang, and had issue, two sons and one daughter. She died 1st June 2001 in Narayanhity Royal Palace.

    • Rajkumari Chhaya Devi, married Shri Pradeep Bikram Rana, son of Shri Madan Bikram Rana and Rajkumari Mana Rajya Lakshmi Devi of Jajarkot.

  • HRH Princess Sharada Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah, born 1942, married Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah of Jumli, born 1943, died 1st June 2001 (see below). She died 1st June 2001 in Narayanhity Royal Palace.

  • HM King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (qv)

  • HM King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (qv)

  • HRH Prince Dhirendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, born 4th January 1950, resigned from the Royal Family in 1988, served as Patron of Nepal Sports Council and International Youth Year Nepal in 1985, married 1stly, 13th May 1973, HRH Princess Prekshya Rajya Lakshmi Devi, born 1952, daughter of Lt. Gen. Shri Kendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, died 12th November 2001 in Rara, married 2ndly, 1991, in Isle of Wight, UK, Shirley Greaney [Mrs. Shirley Shah], born 1960, and had issue. He died 4th June 2001 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

    • HRH Princess Puja Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, awarded the Suprashiddha Prabala Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (First Class) medal (23.10.2001); married Shri Rajiv Shahi.

    • HRH Princess Sitashma Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, awarded the Suprashiddha Prabala Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (First Class) medal (23.10.2001); married 5th/6th March 2003 at Jeevan Kunj, Shri Abhinesh Shah, died 29th October 2008 at the Norvic Hospital in Kathmandu, aged 35, son of Shri Arjun Jung Shah, and his wife, Rani Asha Rajya Lakshmi Devi, and has issue, one daughter.

      • Princess Arshia Shah, born 29th August 2006 at the Army Hospital, Chauni.

    • HRH Princess Dilasha Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, awarded the Suprashiddha Prabala Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (First Class) medal (23.10.2001); married 9th December 2003, Shri Adarsha Bikram Rana, son of Shri Kishor Bikram Rana, and his wife, the late Rani Rama Rajya Laxmi Devi.

    • Miss Ushaanaa Laela Shah (by Mrs. Shirley Shah), born 22nd July 1994.

  • HRH Princess Shobha Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah, born 1950, awarded the Jyotirmaya Subikhyat Trishakti Patta (First Class) medal on 23rd October 2001; married Kumar Mohan Bahadur Shahi of Rukumkot, awarded the Suprashiddha Prabala Gorkha Dakshin Babu (First Class) medal on 23rd October 2001.

  • Rajkumar Rabindra Shah (by a kept wife).

• HM King BIRENDRA BIR BIKRAM SHAH Dev, 9th King of Nepal 1972/2001, born 28th December 1945 in Narayanhity Royal Palace, married 2nd May 1969 in Kathmandu, HM Queen Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Lt.-Gen. Kendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and had issue. He died 1st June 2001 in Narayanhity Royal Palace.

  • HM King Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (qv)

  • HRH Princess Shruti Rajya Lakshmi Devi B.A., born 15th October 1976, educated at Mayo Girl’s College, Ajmer, India and at St Mary’s High School, Kathmandu; she earned a black-belt in judo from the National Police Training Centre in March 1999; married 8th May 1997 in Kathmandu, Kumar Gorakh Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal, and had issue, two daughters. She died 1st June 2001, at the Narayanhity Royal Palace.

  • HRH Prince Niranjan Bir Bikram Shah Dev, born 6th November 1978, educated at the Kanti Ishwari Shishu Vidyalaya, Budhanilkantha School and St Xavier’s School, he briefly attended Eton College in England and returned to Nepal to study for a Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) at the Kathmandu School of Management; he was a junior swimming champion at the Budhanilkantha School; died unmarried 1st June 2001, at the Narayanhity Royal Palace.

• HM King DIPENDRA BIR BIKRAM SHAH Dev, 10th King of Nepal [1.6.2001] - [4.6.2001], born 27th June 1971, died sp on 4th June 2001. 12th King of Nepal for three days in June 2001.

• HM King GYANENDRA BIR BIKRAM SHAH Dev (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Supriya Shah, born about 1974, paternal grand-daughter of the sister of Rani Rajya Lakshmi, mother of HM Queen Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi (qv).

• Garima Shah, 1st cousin of Kumar Gorakh Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.

• UNKNOWN, married Rani Bodh Kumari, died 2nd June 2001, cremated 3rd June 2001, and had issue.

  • Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah, born 1942, educated at St Xavier’s high school at Godavari and at St Xavier’s College in Calcutta, graduated in political science and studied law in Kathmandu, he started his career as a clerk in the British embassy; he became first member secretary of the National Sports Council, founder President of the Nepal Mountaineering Association 1973/1990, Executive Director at the Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (C.N.A.S.), Tribhuvan University 1983/89; married HRH Princess Sharada Rajya Laxmi Devi, born 1942, died 1st June 2001 (see above). He died 1st June 2001.

  • Lalit Bikram Shah, born 1944, educated at St Xavier’s high school at Godavari and at St Xavier’s College in Calcutta, regional director of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Asia-Pacific).

  • Neer Bikram Shah

• Chautarya Kendra Bikram Shah, married Jaya Rajya Lakshmi Devi, daughter of Gen. Shri Samrajya Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and Rani Sarawati Kumari of Bajang State, and has issue, one son and one daughter.

1. "Blood Against the Snows. The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty" by Jonathan Gregson, London: Fourth Estate, 2002; p.78

2. "Life Of Maharaja Sir Jung Bahadur GCB, GCSI Of Nepal" by General Pudma Jung Bahadar Rana. 1909

3. NOTE - File I B(S) Aug 1918 247-250 Selection of the two daughters of Rajkumar Arjun Singh of the house of Raja Anrup Singh of Chatara, Barhgaon, District Sitapur-Oudh, as brides for H.H. the Maharajadhiraj of Nepal - ref. IOR/R/1/1/840 - date: 1918