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{{About|the King of Nepal between 1881 and 1911|Prithvi Narayan Shah, King of Nepal between 1768 and 1775|Prithvi Narayan Shah}}
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{{Infobox royalty
|name = Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah
|image = Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah standing (cropped).png
| succession = [[King of Nepal]]
|predecessor = [[Surendra of Nepal|Surendra Bir Bikram Shah]]
|successor = [[Tribhuvan of Nepal|Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah]]
|royal house = [[Shah dynasty|Shah]]
|father = [[Trailokya, Crown Prince of Nepal|Trailokya Bir Bikram Shah]]
|mother = [[Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Lakshmi Devi]]
|regnal name=Shree Paanch Maharajadhiraj Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah Dev|house-type = Dynasty
|reign = 17 May 1881 – 11 December 1911
|birth_date = 18 August 1875
|death_date = 11 December 1911 (aged 36) (Poisoned)
|coronation = 1 December 1881{{cn|date=August 2020}}
| cor-type = [[Coronation of the Nepalese monarch|Coronation]]
|spouse = Raman Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah [[Queen Divyeshwari of Nepal|Divyeshwari Lakshmi Devi Shah]] Kirti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah Durga Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah
|issue = [[Princess Lakshmi of Nepal|Princess Lakshmi]] Princess Rama Princess Tara [[Tribhuvan of Nepal|King Tribhuvan]] Princess Suman
|birth_place = [[Basantapur Durbar Square|Basantapur]], [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]
|death_place = [[Kathmandu]], [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]
|religion = [[Hinduism]]
}}

'''Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah''' ({{lang-ne|श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज पृथ्वी वीर विक्रम शाह देव }}) (18 August 1875 – 11 December 1911) was [[King of Nepal]] from 1881 until 1911. Among the most notable events of his reign were the introduction of the first [[automobile]]s to [[Nepal]], and the creation of strict water and sanitation systems for much of the country.
King Prithvi's eldest child was [[Princess Lakshmi of Nepal|Princess Lakshmi]], who was married to Field Marshal [[Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151003065642/http://www.nepalmandal.org/blogs/kashinathtamot/2011/may/03/kaiser-shamsher-his-manuscript-collection-library-and-his-manuscript Nepal Mandal]</ref> She was made the Crown Princess and was heir to Nepal's throne until she was in her late teens, when her brother Tribhuvan was born. Until then King Prithvi only had four daughters and four from another wife.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/nepal/i21.html#I21 |title=Freepages |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413194026/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Eroyalty/nepal/i21.html#I21 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While King Prithvi was kept at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace, his brothers, who were his closest allies and confidants were exiled to palaces across Nepal including in Palpa, Birgunj and Dhankuta from the Hanuman Dhoka Royal Palace, to prevent any repeated attempts at regaining royal prerogatives. Due to some of their increasing influence in state matters, fears of a coup arose and thus, movement restrictions imposed on the family became much more severe following the end of Prime Minister Bir Sumsher's rule with Chandra Sumsher on the Prime Ministerial throne, especially in relation to getting an audience with their half brother King Prithvi at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace, Kathmandu.

Much like his father, King Prithvi died under suspicious circumstances at a relatively young age, and his son Tribhuvan ascended the throne.
[[File:Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (restoration).jpg|Prithvi with his second wife, [[Queen Divyeshwari of Nepal]] (mother of [[King Tribhuvan]]).|thumb|left]]

==Honours==
* [[File:Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu.svg|50px]] Sovereign of the [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu]] (''1896'').{{cn|date=August 2020}}

[[File:Prithvi_Bir_Bikram_Shah_Statue_Bhadrakali.jpg|thumb|Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah Statue at Bhadrakali]]
[[File:Inscription_of_Statue_of_Prithvi_Bir_Bikram_Bhadrakali.jpg|thumb|Inscription of Statue of Prithvi Bir Bikram Bhadrakali]]

== Ancestry ==
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|1= 1. '''King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah Dev'''
|2= 2. [[Trailokya, Crown Prince of Nepal]]
|3= 3. [[Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Lakshmi Devi]]
|4= 4. King [[Surendra Bikram Shah]] of Nepal
|5= 5. [[Trailokya Rajya Lakshmi Devi]]
|6= 6. [[Jang Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji]], 1st [[Maharaja]] of Lamjung and Kaski
|7= 7. Hiranyagarbha Kumari Devi, [[Maharani]] of Lamjung and Kaski
|8= 8. King [[Rajendra Bikram Shah]] of Nepal
|9= 9. [[Samrajya Lakshmi Devi]]
|10=
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|12= 12. ''Kaji'' [[Bal Narsingh Kunwar]]
|13= 13. ''Kajini'' Ganesh Kumari Thapa
|14= 14. ''Chautarya'' Prana Shah
|15= 15. ''Chautaryani'' Moha Kumari Devi
|16= 16. King [[Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah]] of Nepal
|17= 17. Queen [[Gorakshya Rajya Lakshmi Devi]]
|18= 18. Babu Prabhu Shah of Gorakhpur
|19= 19. Chaurasi Kumari Devi
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|24= 24. ''Kaji'' [[Ranajit Kunwar]]
|25=
|26= 26. ''Kaji'' [[Nain Singh Thapa]]
|27= 27. ''Kajini'' Rana Kumari Pande
|28= 28. ''Kaji'' Jiva Shah
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== References ==
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