Jagadamba Kumari Devi

Rani Jagadamba Kumari Devi(-1986) was the wife of Lt.-Gen.Madan Shumsher JBR, daughter-in-law of Maharaja Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher JBR.[1] Jagadamba Kumari Devi was born in Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh. After marriage with Lt.-Gen.Madan Shumsher JBR she moved to Kathmandu and lived in Shri Durbar.[2]

She is credited for building numerous temples , public water sprouts and Nepali Dharamshalas (free lodging) at sacred sites outside Nepal, at prominent religious places like Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi on the Ganges and many more.Rani Jagadamba Kumari Devi established Nepali Schools and Scholarship programs in Varanasi for Nepali students through Vidya Dharma Pracharini Nepali Samiti of Varanasi. She also gave many endowments to educational Institutions both in India and Nepal.In 1956, on memory of her husband late General Madan Shumsher JBR She established Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya and started the award, through establishing the Madan Puraskar Guthi(Fund) for awarding famous writers .[3] After her death in 1989, another award Jagadamba Shree Purasakar was established by Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya in the honor of Rani Jagadamba Kumari Devi to Nepalis contributing in Nepali Language, Literature, Art and Folk Culture Feild.[3]

Nepali Dharamshalas established by Rani Jagadamba Kumari Devi in Rameswaram
Nepali Dharamshalas established by Rani Jagadamba Kumari Devi in Rameswaram

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References

  1. ↑ JBR, PurushottamShamsher (1990). Shree Teen Haruko Tathya Britanta (in Nepali). Bhotahity, Kathmandu: Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 99933-39-91-1.
  2. ↑ JBR, PurushottamShamsher (2007). Ranakalin Pramukh Atihasik Darbarharu [Chief Historical Palaces of the Rana Era] (in Nepali). Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 978-9994611027. Retrieved 2015.
  3. 1 2 "About Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya". Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
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