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Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch and the last ruling King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuvan, took political exile in India with ...
May 2, 2024 · Gyanendra (born July 7, 1947, Kathmandu, Nepal) was the last monarch (2001–08) of Nepal, who ascended to the throne after the assassination of King Birendra (reigned 1972–2001) and the subsequent suicide of Crown Prince Dipendra, who had committed the murder.
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was the king of Nepal from 2001 to 2008. He became the 12th king of Nepal after his elder brother King Birendra was assassinated in a shooting incident that killed most of his family members.
Mar 12, 2024 · KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him back.
May 1, 2021 · On a summer's night in Nepal in 2001, a drunk Crown Prince Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah ambushed a royal family gathering, opening fire and killing nine people — including his father, the King ...
Jun 11, 2008 · Gyanendra of Nepal assumed the throne in dramatic circumstances in 2001 after his brother, King Birendra, was killed in a palace massacre. Gyanandra's reign has been...
Former Nepalese King Gyanendra, the world's last Hindu monarch, was forced from the throne on May 28th after Nepal's newly-elected Constituent Assembly voted to abolish the country's...
Apr 20, 2006 · Gyanendra has justified his interventionist rule on the grounds that Nepal’s politicians have failed to halt a conflict with Maoist rebels that has claimed 13,000 lives.
Jan 1, 2019 · King Gyanendra, as he was formerly known, was the last head of the 239-year-old monarchy that reigned in Nepal before the establishment of a federal republic in 2008. Gyanendra came to the throne in June 2001 when his elder brother King Birendra was murdered by his heir, the Crown Prince Dipendra, who then committed suicide.
Jul 6, 2012 · Nepal's deposed king, Gyanendra, has said for the first time that he wants to return to the throne. Speaking to the News 24 television channel, he said that he had made an agreement six years...
