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Gyanendra Shah is the first person in the history of Nepal to be king twice and the last king of the Shah dynasty of Nepal. [1] Gyanendra's second reign was marked by constitutional turmoil. His brother King Birendra had established a constitutional monarchy in which he delegated policy to a representative government.
[9] [10] Later Rana Bahadur abdicated the throne and his illegitimate son Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah became the king. [note 1] During the reign of Girvan, the Anglo-Nepalese War broke out, which ended with the signing of the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816, resulting in Nepal losing a third of its territory. [15]
The Kingdom of Nepal was founded on 25 September 1768 by Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Gorkha king who succeeded in unifying the kingdoms of Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur into a single state under his Shah dynasty. The Kingdom of Nepal was de jure an absolute monarchy for most of its history.
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 ...
Paras Bir Bikram Shahdev or Paras Shah, Crown Prince Of Nepal (born 30 December 1971) is the former and last Crown Prince of Nepal, the heir apparent to the throne, from 2001 until the abolition of the monarchy by the Interim Constituent Assembly in 2008 following the Constituent Assembly election.
Prince Hridayendra was born at 12:49 pm in the Narayanhity Royal Palace in Kathmandu to Paras Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Crown Prince of Nepal and Crown Princess Himani Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah. [ 2 ] His grandfather Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is the deposed king of Nepal and his grandmother is deposed queen Komal Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah , a member ...
8. King Surendra Bikram Shah of Nepal: 4. Trailokya, Crown Prince of Nepal: 9. Trailokya Rajya Lakshmi Devi of Nepal: 2. King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal: 10. Jang Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, 1st Maharaja of Lamjung and Kaski: 5. Queen Lalit Rajeshwori Rajya Lakshmi Devi of Nepal: 11. Hiranyagarbha Kumari Devi, Maharani of Lamjung and Kaski: 1.
Follow live coverage of India vs Nepal from the Men's Asian Games today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the ...