{{Short description|Second in line to the Nepalese throne}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Hridayendra Shah | image = | caption = | full name = Hridayendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | house = Shah Dynasty | house-type = Dynasty | father = Paras Shah | mother = Himani Shah | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|7|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Narayanhity Palace, Nepal | module = {{Infobox person|embed=yes|education=Suffolk University}} | religion = Hinduism }} {{Nepalese Royal Family}}
'''Hridayendra Shah''' ({{langx|ne|हृदयेन्द्र शाह}}) (born 30 July 2002) is a member of the former Nepalese royal family. Until the monarchy was abolished on 28 May 2008, he was the second in line to the Nepalese throne. During that time, he was known by the title of Nava Yuvaraj (Nepali: नवयुवराज ''navayuvarāj'').
==Nava Yuvaraj== Prince Hridayendra was born at 12:49 pm in the Narayanhity Royal Palace in Kathmandu to Crown Prince Paras Bir Bikhram Shah Dev and Himani Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nepalese crown princess gives birth |publisher=Asian Political News |date=5 August 2002 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2002_August_5/ai_90193361 |accessdate=31 July 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231040728/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2002_August_5/ai_90193361 |archivedate=31 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
His grandfather Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is the deposed king of Nepal and his grandmother is deposed queen Komal Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, a member of the Rana dynasty. On his mother's side, he is descended from the Indian princely family of Sikar, which belongs to the Shekhawat clan. Following Hindu custom he was officially named ''Hridayendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev'' in a ceremony at the Narayanhity Royal Palace eleven days after his birth.<ref>{{cite web| last =Pradhan| first =Suman| title =New heir heralds public acceptance of Nepal royals|work=The Times of India|location=India| date =10 August 2002| url =https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/18696277.cms| accessdate =31 July 2007}}</ref>
In Hinduism, there are a number of stages to groom a future king. In accordance to Vedic tradition, Hridayendra received the traditional rice feeding or Annaprasan ceremony at the age of six months old. He was first fed rice by his mother, followed by other members of the royal family during the ceremony. He was offered a gold coin by Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand and other officials following another traditional feature of the ceremony. Later, Hridayendra made his first public appearance in a chariot procession and was taken to holy sites in old Kathmandu, where worship and rituals were conducted. The prime minister acted as his guardian during this stage of the ceremony, and carried the prince around the temples to symbolise the bond between the people and the monarchy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Poudel |first=Keshab |title=Ritual of Harmony |publisher=Nepalnews.com |date=17 January 2003 |url=http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2003/jan/jan17/national1.htm |accessdate=31 July 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184343/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/spotlight/2003/jan/jan17/national1.htm |archivedate=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Place in line of succession== Hridayendra was second in the line of succession to the Nepalese throne. In August 2006, the Nepalese government adopted a bill to replace the agnatic succession law with equal primogeniture, which was subsequently approved by the House of Representatives. However, this did not affect Prince Hridayendra's place in the line of succession, as a clause of the law stipulated that living dynasts would not be deprived of their position or titles, the new provisions instead going into effect for those born after the law. As such, Prince Hridayendra remained the second in the line of succession, with his sister Princess Purnika and his cousin who is also third in line for the throne Prince Manas remaining the third in the line of succession.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Days in Nepali History |pages=3 |volume=1 |issue=17 |publisher=Nepali Aawaz |url=http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/nepali_aawaz/Nepali_Aawaz_01_17.pdf |accessdate=31 July 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809102640/http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/nepali_aawaz/Nepali_Aawaz_01_17.pdf |archivedate=9 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In February 2007, there was speculation in Nepal that Hridayendra's father and grandfather would make way for him to take the throne.<ref>{{cite web| title =King to quit Nepal?| publisher=India enews| date =7 February 2007| url =http://www.indiaenews.com/nepal/20070207/38488.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070209094000/http://www.indiaenews.com/nepal/20070207/38488.htm| url-status =usurped| archive-date =9 February 2007| accessdate =31 July 2007}}</ref> In July 2007, the Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala repeated calls for the King and Crown Prince to abdicate in favour of Hridayendra,<ref>{{cite web| title =Nepal baby prince's baptism by fire|location=India| date =20 June 2007| url =http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-06-20/rest-of-world/27956887_1_royal-family-palace-young-prince| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121017033821/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-06-20/rest-of-world/27956887_1_royal-family-palace-young-prince| url-status =dead| archive-date =17 October 2012| work =The Times of India| accessdate =31 July 2007}}</ref> though this was rejected by the Maoists.<ref>{{cite news | last = Page | first = Jeremy | title = Envoys snub king's birthday party |work=The Times |location=London | date = 6 July 2007 | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2033984.ece | accessdate =19 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==Monarchy== On 24 December 2007, it was announced that Nepal would abolish the monarchy in 2008 after the Constituent Assembly elections.<ref>{{cite news| title =Nepalese monarchy to be abolished|publisher=BBC | date =24 December 2007| url =https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7158670.stm| access-date =25 December 2007}}</ref> On 28 May 2008, the monarchy was officially abolished, replaced by an interim secular federal republic.
Prior to the abolition of the monarchy, Hridayendra attended Lincoln School in Kathmandu with his sisters deposed Princesses Purnika and Kritika.<ref>{{cite web| last =Patrika| first =Naya| title =Little King| work=Nepali Times| date =19 June 2007| url =https://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/354/FromtheNepaliPress/13662| accessdate =31 July 2007}}</ref> In July 2008, Hridayendra left Nepal with his mother and sisters to move to Singapore to join his father who had been making arrangements for the family to live in the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nepal ex-prince's family leaves |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7511770.stm |publisher=BBC |date=17 July 2008 |access-date=17 August 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-princess Himani leaves for Singapore |url=http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=153862 |publisher=Kantipur.com |date=17 July 2008 |accessdate=17 August 2008 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The family eventually moved to the United States.
==References== {{Reflist}}
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