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  1. Birendra ascended to the Nepalese throne on 31 January 1972, at the age of 27, after the death of his father, King Mahendra.However, his coronation was delayed until 24 February 1975, when he was 29, since the first year was considered to be a mourning period for death of king's father and the second year was deemed to be inauspicious by religious astrologers. [7]

  2. The Nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1 June 2001 at the Narayanhiti Palace, the then-residence of the Nepali monarchy. Nine members of the royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, were killed in a mass shooting during a gathering of the royal family at the palace. [3] A government-appointed inquiry team named Crown Prince ...

  3. Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was the king of Nepal from 1972 to 2001, 10th in the line of monarchs in the Shah Dev family. Son of the crown prince (later, from 1955, king) Mahendra, Birendra was educated at St. Joseph’s College (Darjeeling, India), Eton College (England), Tokyo University (1967),

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  4. King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1945-2001), the son of King Mahendra and the grandson of King Tribhuvan, ruled as an absolute monarch from 1972 to 1990. He was very popular and regarded as liberal and a “gentle king” and a “nice guy” who liked a good cigar and helped establish Nepal as a popular tourist destination.

  5. Birendra of Nepal was an avid lover of music and was known to be a talented musician who played various instruments, including the guitar and flute. He was a strong advocate for environmental conservation and was involved in initiatives to protect Nepal's natural resources and wildlife.

  6. Jun 4, 2001 · June 4, 2001. King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, who was shot to death on Friday in a massacre of Nepal's royal family, was a proud but isolated monarch whose reign began in absolutism and ended ...

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  8. Jun 2, 2001 · King Birendra will go down in history as a monarch who led Nepal through changing political times. He ascended to the throne in 1972, just two years after marriage, as a result of the sudden death of his father, King Mahendra. He inherited a political system in which the king held considerable autocratic powers and political parties were banned ...