Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal

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| name = Princess Shanti Singh

| title = Princess of Nepal
Rani of Bajhang

| full name = Shanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi

| house = Shah dynasty (by birth)

| type = Dynasty

| father = Mahendra of Nepal

| mother = Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi

| spouse = Kumar Deepak Jang Bahadur Singh, 60th Raja of Bajhang

| issue = Binod Singh, 61st Raja of Bajhang
Pramod Singh
Chhaya Devi

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|11|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|6|1|1940|11|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal

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| death_cause = Assassination (gunshot wounds)}}

| religion = Hindu

}}

Princess Shanti Singh of Nepal or Shanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi (20 November 1940 – 1 June 2001) was a Nepalese princess and Rani of Bajhang after her marriage to Kumar Deepak Jang Bahadur Singh, 60th Raja of Bajhang. The eldest child of King Mahendra of Nepal, she was one of the ten people who died in the June 2001 Nepalese royal massacre.

The name Shanti means "inner peace".{{cite web|url=http://children.indiaeveryday.in/baby-girl-names.htm?p=s|title=Indian Baby girl names starting with S - Hindu girl Names - Latest girl Names India|website=children.indiaeveryday.in|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927232307/http://children.indiaeveryday.in/baby-girl-names.htm?p=s|archive-date=27 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

Life

The eldest child of King Mahendra and his first wife Crown Princess Indra, Princess Shanti was educated at Loreto Convent, Darjeeling and Tribhuvan University.

Known as humble and hardworking, Princess Shanti was involved in different social welfare activities.

She married in Kathmandu, on 8 February 1965, Kumar Deepak Jang Bahadur Singh, 60th Raja of Bajhang (died in 1984 in London). They had three children, two sons and one daughter:

Binod Singh, 61st Raja of Bajhang.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0VxGAwAAQBAJ&dq=princess+shanti+children&pg=PT276|title=Love and Death in Kathmandu: A Strange Tale of Royal Murder |first1=Amy |last1=Willesee |first2=Mark |last2=Whittaker|date=27 May 2014|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=9781466872325 |access-date=21 April 2018 |via=Google Books}}
Pramod Singh.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
Chhaya Devi. She married Pradeep Bikram Rana, of Jajarkot.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In 1972, she founded the Nepal Leprosy Relief Association and became its patron in 1994. A life member of the Nepalese Red Cross Society and the Family Planning Association, Princess Shanti also greatly contributed to the welfare of disabled people, becoming the president of the Disabled Welfare Fund Management Committee in 1987.

She was killed in the Nepalese royal massacre on June 1, 2001, along with nine other members of the Nepalese royal family.{{cite web|url=http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=8998#.Vf_ZNH3sHcw|title=Three princesses-Nepali Times|website=nepalitimes.com|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025185633/http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=8998#.Vf_ZNH3sHcw|url-status=live}}