Trailokya, Crown Prince of Nepal
| Crown Prince Trailokya | |
|---|---|
| Crown Prince of Nepal | |
 | |
| Born |
30 November 1847 Hanuman Dhoka Palace, Basantapur, Kathmandu |
| Died |
30 March 1878 (aged 30) Hanuman Dhoka Palace, Basantapur, Kathmandu |
| Spouse |
Tara Rajya Laxmi Devi Lalit Rajya Laxmi Devi Somgarva Divyeshwari Rajya Laxmi Devi |
| Issue |
King Prithvi Princess Pran Princess Lalpati (among others) |
| House | Shah dynasty (by birth) |
| Father | Surendra of Nepal |
| Mother | Trailokya Rajya Laxmi Devi |
| Religion | Hinduism |
General Crown Prince Trailokya Bir Bikram Shah Deva (November 30, 1847 – March 30, 1878) was, as the eldest son of King Surendra of Nepal, the heir apparent to the throne of Nepal. He died before his father, and his son Prithvi ascended the throne.
Life
Crown Prince Trailokya was the son of King Surendra and his wife, Trailokya Rajya Laxmi Devi. He was educated privately.
Crown Prince Trailokya was married to three daughters of Jung Bahadur Rana: Tara Rajya Laxmi Devi, Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Laxmi Devi and Somgarva Divyeshwari Rajya Laxmi Devi[1] His wives bore him two sons and two daughters, and he had several other children by concubines.
At that time, the king of Nepal had little power: the country was ruled by the Rana prime minister. The royal family was bereft of any real political leadership. The Sanad of 1856 had assigned all power to the Rana prime minister. Crown Prince Trailokya, upon reaching his maturity in 1875, decided to regain the royal prerogatives that his father had lost in 1856. With the help of Jagat Jang, a son of Jang Bahadur Rana, the crown prince set a plan by which the order of succession according to the 1856 Sanad would be put aside in the event of Jung Bahadur's death; in such a case, Prince Trailokya would force King Surendra to abdicate and appoint Jagat Jang as the prime minister. The plan was, however, unsuccessful. After Jung Bahadur died in Patherghatta, his youngest brother Dhir Shamsher spread the news that Jung Bahadur had not died, but was only critically ill. As Prince Trailokya and Jagat Jang rushed to Patharghat, Dhir Shamsher compelled King Surendra to appoint Ranodip Singh Kunwar as the next prime minister, as per the laws of succession.
Crown Prince Trailokya died in 1878, in suspicious circumstances.[2] After his father died in 1878, his son Prithvi acceded to the throne.
References
- ↑ "The Royal House of Shah - Genealogy". royalark.net. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ↑ Bhuwan Lal Joshi; Leo E. Rose (1966). Democratic Innovations in Nepal: A Case Study of Political Acculturation. University of California Press. GGKEY:5N30S3HU9BC.