Prince Himalaya of Nepal

Names
	Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah

Prince Himalaya
Prince Himalaya
Prince of Nepal
	King Tribhuvan and his sons; Mahendra (standing), Basundhara and Himalaya (sitting) in 1932.
Born	12 October 1921; Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
Died	9 May 1980 (aged 58); Kathmandu, Nepal
Spouse	Princep Rajya Lakshmi Devi [citation needed]
Names
Names
	Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah
House	Shah dynasty (by birth)
Father	King Tribhuvan
Mother	Kanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi
Religion	Hinduism

Prince Himalaya Pratap Bir Bikram Shah, GBE, GCMG (12 October 1921 – 9 May 1980) was a son of Tribhuvan of Nepal and his first wife Kanti. He was a younger brother of Mahendra, and an uncle of Birendra and Gyanendra.

Life

Himalaya, the second son of King Tribhuvan and his first wife Queen Kanti, was born in 1921. He was educated under private tutors. Himalaya represented the Nepali king on several occasions. He represented the Nepali king at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Abbey in London, in 1953.^{[citation needed]}

From 1957 to 1959, Himalaya was the chairman of National Planning Commission. In 1959, he was the chairman of Tourism Development Council. The prince was the patron of Nepal Medical Association, 1951.^{[citation needed]}

Himalaya married Princep Rajya Lakshmi Devi on March 5, 1945, in Kathmandu. She was from the aristocratic Rana dynasty.^{[citation needed]}

Himalaya died on May 9, 1980, in Kathmandu.^{[citation needed]}