{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}} {{infobox military award | name = Mahendra Chain<br>{{lang|ne|महेन्द्र माला मानपदवी}} | image = | caption = | presenter = {{NEP}} | country = | type = Order | eligibility = | awarded_for = Reigning foreign Sovereigns | campaign = | status = | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = | established = 26 February 1961 | firstawarded = 1961 | lastawarded = 2001 | total_awarded = | total_awarded_posthumously = | total_recipients = | precedence_label = | individual = | higher = ''None'' | same = Birendra Chain | lower = Nepal Pratap Bhaskara | related = | image2 = | caption2 = ''No ribbon bar'' (Chain) }} The '''Most Glorious Mahendra Chain''' ({{langx|ne|महेन्द्र माला मानपदवी}} ''Mahendra Mala Manapadvi'') is a royal decoration of Nepal.
== History == It was instituted on 26 February 1961 by the King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev. ==Grades== It is awarded in only one class, the Chain, to reigning sovereigns.
==Recipients== * Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom * King Birendra * Queen Aishwarya * King Gyanendra * Queen Komal
==External links== * [http://www.medals.org.uk/nepal/nepal001.htm World Medals Index], Nepal: Mahendramala Manapadvi
== References == {{Reflist}}
Mahendra Chain Mahendra Chain Category:1961 establishments in Nepal