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Mahendra became the king of Nepal as the successor of King Tribhuvan. When King Tribhuvan left for Europe for treatment, Mahendra got the authority from the then King Tribhuvan. He inherited the throne aged 34 as a constitutional monarch. He became king on 13 March 1955 but his coronation took place on 2 May 1956 due to the one year mourning ...
Tribhuvan returned to Nepal after a mutual agreement between Ranas (which ended the Ranas rule) and was crowned the king again in 1951. [25] Upon Tribhuvan's death, Mahendra became king in 1955. [26] In 1960, he began the party-less political system, Panchayat. [27]
1960 Nepal coup d'état was a coup d'état led by King Mahendra on 15 December 1960. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The same day, he dismissed the cabinet of B.P. Koirala and imprisoned Koirala. [ 3 ] On 13 April 1961, Mahendra made a televised appearance, in which he introduced Panchayat , a partyless political system.
King Mahendra of Nepal had a state visit to the United States of America in 1960 and 1967. In the first visit, he went to Washington, Honolulu, New York City, Knoxville, Salem and Eugene, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Dallas, Miami, and Detroit.
The palace was damaged in the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, killing two infant daughters of King Tribhuvan. Colonel Surya Jung Thapa, an engineer, oversaw repairs and renovations which added a new portico and grand staircase. [2] King Mahendra ordered the palace to be demolished and replaced in
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.
Durgananda Jha (Nepali: दुर्गानन्द झा) was a Nepalese democratic fighter who attempted to assassinate King Mahendra of Nepal in January 1962 (9 Magh 2018 BS) in Janakpur in southeastern Nepal. Durga was captured after he threw a bomb on a motor-vehicle carrying the king.
The first general election was held in 1959 and Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala became the first elected prime minister of Nepal. However, he was deposed and imprisoned in the 1960 coup d'état by King Mahendra who went on to establish an oligarchic authoritative regime, the Panchayat system, and