Devyani Rana
Devyani Rana () is the second daughter of Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and "Rani" Usha Raje Scindia, daughter of Jivajirao Scindia, the last maharaja of Gwalior, and the wife of the Yuvaraja of Singrauli State Aishwarya Singh. News reports in 2001 had suggested that the Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal wanted to marry her, but his parents did not agree, and that the refusal was the cause of the Nepalese royal massacre, although other reasons have been suggested as well. Early life. By her father. Devyani was born as a member of the Rana dynasty. Her mother, Usha  Raje Scindia, is a daughter of Jivajirao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior. She has one sibling, her older sister, Urvashi Rajya Lakshmi Khemka. Her paternal great-grandfather was HM Shree Teen Maharaja Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. She attended Rishi Valley School in AP, Welham Girl's High School, Dehradun, Ajmer; Lady Shriram College, Delhi and Kathmandu University (MA). Reports of Crown Prince Dipendra wanting to marry her. Dipendra was in England between 1987 and 1990, and his local guardian was Sir Jeremy Bagge, 7th Baronet, whose son was also at Eton. Bagge's daughter was a friend of Devyani who  was also studying in England. Dipendra and Devyani met at the Bagges' Norfolk home, and Dipendra quickly fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. However, Dipendra's parents, and especially his mother Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (born Rana), opposed the marriage. According to an article in the 30 July 2001 New Yorker and other published reports, the refusal of Dipendra's parents to consent to this marriage was the cause of the massacre of the royal family in Nepal. However, a 2009 report based on an interview with his cousin Paras Shah suggested that there  may have been other reasons as well, with other theories alleging that Dipendra was unhappy with the country's shift from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy, and that too much power had been given away following the 1990 People's Movement. A book "Maile Dekheko Darbar" by former Secretary to the King Birendra suggests that Dipendra may have had significant personality problems. Post massacre. Devyani Rana fled to India immediately after the royal massacre to escape media attention. In 2004, Rana obtained a second master's degree from the London School of Economics. She was reported to have been  working for the United Nations Development Programme in India in 2012. Personal life. On 23 February 2007, Rana married Yuvaraja Aishwarya Singh of Singrauli, the son of H.H Maharaja Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Singh and H.H Maharani Veena Singh, a royal from the state of Singrauli. Aishwarya is the grandson of former Indian Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh, a royal from the state of Churhat Thikana. The wedding took place at the Scindia Villa, New Delhi. In 2017, it was reported that Devyani Rana had become an active member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N). Devyani Rana has 1 son . His name is Adidev Singh; he was born in 2010.