{{short description|Former Nepalese princess (born 2003)}} {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox person | name = Kritika Shah | image = | caption = Kritika RLD Shah posing for a picture for her Instagram. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|10|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Narayanhity Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal | other_names = Kritika Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal | known_for = Former Nepalese princess | education = UWC Thailand International School, Phuket | father = Paras, Crown Prince of Nepal | mother = Himani, Crown Princess of Nepal }} '''Kritika Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah''' (born 16 October 2003) is a former princess of Nepal. She is the youngest daughter of Former Crown Prince Paras and Former Crown Princess Himani. She is a granddaughter of Former King Gyanendra.
== Biography ==
Like her sister, Purnika of Nepal, Kritika was not originally in the line of succession to the Nepalese Throne; however, in July 2006 the Nepalese government proposed changing the succession law to Diarchy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nepalmonitor.com/newslook/2006/08/Nepal.html |title=Future Nepal |access-date=2007-07-17 |archive-date=2011-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714163153/http://www.nepalmonitor.com/newslook/2006/08/rani_of_nepal.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On 28 May 2008, the Nepalese monarchy was abolished and replaced with a secular federal republic.<ref>{{cite web| title =Nepal votes to abolish monarchy| publisher =BBC| date =2008-05-28| url =https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7424302.stm| access-date =2008-05-29}}</ref> In July 2008 Princess Kritika left Nepal with her mother, sister and brother to move to Singapore to join her 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=2008-07-17 |access-date=2008-08-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-princess Himani leaves for Singapore |url=http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=153862 |publisher=Kantipur.com |date=2008-07-17 |accessdate=2008-08-17 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061211091636/http://www.nepalmonarchy.gov.np/english.php Royal Court of Nepal]
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