 Queen Komal was born in Bagmati, Kathmandu into the Rana family, the daughter of Kendra Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1927–1982) and his wife Shree Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (1928–2005).Queen Komal's older sister Aishwarya was married to King Birendra of Nepal, the brother of Gyanendra.Aishwarya was killed in the palace massacre on 1 June 2001.