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| name = Shri Sahebju Purendra Bikram Shah<br />
| title = Shri Sahebju<br /> [[His Excellency]]<br />Foreign Minister of Nepal<br />Defence Minister of Nepal<br />
| full name = Shri Sahebju Purendra Bikram Shah<br />
| house = [[Shah dynasty]] (by birth)<br />
| type = Dynasty<br />
| father = General Sahebju Jharendra Bikram Shah of Nepal<br />
| mother = Sahebju Rani Nayan Rajya Lakshmi<br />
| spouse = ''Sahebju Rani'' Lila Rajyalaxmi <br />
| issue = Riddhi Rajya Lakshmi Shah <br />Madhuri Rajya Lakshmi Shah <br />Tarini Bikram Shah<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|01|20|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hanuman Dhoka|Hanuman Dhoka Palace]], [[Basantapur, Kathmandu]]{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|5|1|1900|df=yes}}{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chapkaiya Villa Durbar]], [[Birganj]], [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}<br />
| religion = [[Hindu]]<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|office1 = Royal Advisory Council [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]]<br />
|term_start1 = 1955<br />
|term_end1 = 1956<br />
|monarch1 =[[Mahendra of Nepal]]<br />
|office2 = [[Ministry of Defence (Nepal)|Minister of Defence of Nepal]]<br />
|term_start2 = 1956<br />
|term_end2 = 1958<br />
|monarch2 =[[Mahendra of Nepal]]<br />
|office3 = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nepal)|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal]]<br />
|term_start3 = 1958<br />
|term_end3 = 1959<br />
|monarch3 =[[Mahendra of Nepal]]<br />
|predecessor3 = [[Kunwar Inderjit Singh]]<br />
|successor3 = [[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]]<br />
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'''''Shri Sahebju'' Purendra Bikram Shah''' ''Subikhyat-Tri-Shakti-Patta'', ''Suprasidha-Prabala-Gorkha-Dakshina-Bahu'', ''[[GCMG]]'' (20 January 1900 – 1 May 1976{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}) was a senior member of the [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepalese]] Royal clan. He was member of the Royal Advisory Council formed by King [[Mahendra of Nepal]] in 1955 as an independent member nominated by the King, a close relative. He also held other key portfolios as Minister including Defence (1956-1958) and Foreign (1958-1959) of Nepal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cheena-nepal.blogspot.com/2009/06/king-mahendra.html|title=Nepal: King Mahendra|date=June 23, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGBNAQAAMAAJ&q=parandra+bikram+shah&pg=PA583|title=Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers|first=United States Department of|last=State|date=August 30, 1992|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
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Sahebju Purendra's alma mater was the [[University of Allahabad]]. After the downfall of the Rana regime in 1951, he became heavily involved in affairs of state as a close ally of King [[Mahendra of Nepal]]. In 1955, he was nominated as member of the King's 5 man Advisory Council as an independent candidate. He then went onto serving as Foreign and Defence Minister of Nepal during key turning points of history including the admission of Nepal into the United Nations in 1955 as well as the State Visits carried out by King [[Mahendra of Nepal]] to China, United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union etc. Sahebju Purendra played a key role in the changing dynamics of Nepal's foreign policy in bringing her out of isolation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9LGHAAACAAJ|title=Nepal's Non-isolationist Foreign Policy|first=Yadu Nath|last=Khanal|date=August 30, 2000|publisher=Satyal Publications|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/19981/8/08_chapter%204.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> As Minister for Foreign Affairs, he led several high level delegations on Official Visits to China, United States, United Nations, India, United Kingdom, France, Belgrade Serbia amongst others.<br />
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He became member of the Rajya Sabha, Upper House of Parliament in 1962.<br />
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== Honours ==<br />
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;National honours{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}<br />
* Member of the [[Order of Tri Shakti Patta|Order of Three Divine Powers]], 1st class.<br />
* Member of the [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu|Order of the Gurkha Right Hand]], 1st class.<br />
* King Tribhuvan Coronation Medal (20 February 1913). <br />
* King Tribhuvan Silver Jubilee Medal (1935).<br />
* King Mahendra Coronation Medal (2 May 1956).<br />
* King Birendra Coronation Medal (25 February 1975).<br />
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;Foreign honours{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}<br />
* Knight Grand Cross of The Most Distinguished [[Order of St Michael and St George]] [GCMG] (1961).<ref>[http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Honours/OrderofStMichaelandStGeorge.aspx Royal Gov UK]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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