Samrajya Lakshmi Devi

Samrajya Lakshmi Devi (c. 1814 – 6 October 1841) was, as the senior wife of King Rajendra of Nepal, a queen consort of Nepal. She was the mother of King Surendra and Prince Upendra.

Samrajya
Queen consort of Nepal Queen regent of Nepal
Born	ca. 1814 Chilwa, Gorakpur, India
Died	6 October 1841(1841-10-06) (aged 26–27) Pasupatinath, Nepal
Spouse	Rajendra of Nepal
Issue	King Surendra Upendra Bir Bikram Shah
Names Samrajya Lakshmi Devi
Dynasty	House of Shah (by marriage)
Father	Thakur Prabhu Chand
Mother	Chaurasi Kumari Devi
Religion	Hinduism

Samrajya was the de facto regent from 1839 to 1841. She died of malaria on 6 October 1841.

Life

She was very anxious about the power asserted by the Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa. She harassed the King Rajendra Bikram Shah to put an end to the power of the Mukhtiyar:

You have given him a sunnad making once for all everything to the Minister, who with his family and creatures eat us all so that neither have we any right nor even means to provide for our children. You are no Raja, others rule and spend, you have your mere gaddi and a mouthful to eat. Such too is my share and your children.^[1]