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 . Komal sustained bullet injuries as a result of the palace shooting and spent four weeks recovering in hospital
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Queen Komal of Nepal