Princess Shruti of Nepal (15 October 1976 - 1 June 2001) was the daughter of King Birendra and Queen Aiswarya, and sister of Crown Prince Dipendra and Prince Nirajan. Princess Shruti studied at Kanti Ishwori Sishu Vidhyalaya in Nepal, St. Mary's school in Nepal, and later at Mayo College Girls School in Ajmer, India. She completed her bachelors degree at Padma Kanya Campus in Nepal.
She was married to Gorakh Shamsher J. B. Rana, a member of an aristocratic Rana family of Nepal, descendants of Maharajah Chandra Shumshere Rana. Princess Shruti had two daughters Girvani (b. 22 January 1998) and Surangana (b. 2 October 2000).
She, along with her mother, father and brother Nirajan, were killed in the royal palace massacre on 1 June 2001.
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| Name | Shruti of Nepal |
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| Date of birth | October 15, 1976 |
| Place of birth | Narayanhiti, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Date of death | June 1, 2001 |
| Place of death | Kathmandu, Nepal Died in the Nepalese Palace Massacre |
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