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[28] [29] In 1990, pro-democracy riots broke out in Nepal, resulting in the country becoming a constitutional monarchy. [30] On 1 June 2001, the Nepalese royal family were killed in a mass shooting, including the king, and the government named Birendra's son Dipendra as the perpetrator. [31]
The Ranas ruled Nepal as hereditary prime ministers though in the name of the figurehead king. In 1950, the Shah king King Tribhuvan went into exile in India. He and his family, including the crown prince Mahendra, later returned. After India became a secular state in 1950, and the remaining rajas retired, Nepal was the only remaining Hindu ...
The Rana dynasty (Nepali: राणा वंश, romanized: Rāṇā vaṃśa, Sanskrit: [raːɳaː ʋɐ̃ɕɐ], Nepali: [raɳa bʌŋsʌ]) was a Chhetri [note 1] dynasty that [6] imposed authoritarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making the Prime Minister and other government positions held by the Ranas hereditary.
Kings of Gorkha (1 C, 10 P) K. Kings of Kaski ... Shah dynasty family tree; B. Birendra of Nepal; C. ... Dipendra of Nepal; Fateh Jung Shah;
At last an agreement was reached according in which King Tribhuvan was to form a new ministry, under his leadership, consisting of the Nepali Congress and the Ranas on an equal basis. Tribhuvan then flew back to Nepal, along with the members of the royal family and the leaders of the Congress Party on 15 February 1951.
King Digbardhan Sen and his minister Kanak Singh Baniya had already sent their families to safer grounds before the encirclement of their fortress. The Gorkhalis launched an attack on 21 August 1762. The battle lasted for eight hours. King Digbardhan and Kanak Singh escaped to Hariharpurgadhi. Makawanpur was thus annexed by the Gorkhali forces ...
Kings of the Kingdom of Nepal (1768–2008). Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. S. Prithvi Narayan Shah (5 P) Pages in category "Kings ...
Monarchs and kings of Nepal. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. G. Kings of Gorkha (1 C, 10 P) K. Kings of Kaski (2 P) L.