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Gyanendra of Nepal
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; born 7 July 1947) was the King of Nepal and the last monarch of Kingdom of Nepal. He ascended the throne on 4 June 2001 following the royal massacre and reigned until 28 May 2008, when the monarchy was abolished and the democratic republic was proclaimed. He had previously reigned from 7 November 1950 to 7 January 1951, when the Rana regime declared him king at the age of three after his grandfather, King Tribhuvan, and the royal family fled to India. His brief reign ended with Tribhuvan's restoration to the throne.
During the reign of his elder brother, King Birendra, Gyanendra served as chairman of his father, King Mahendra' s Trust for Nature Conservation.[citation needed]
Gyanendra's second reign, which began as a result of the Nepalese royal massacre, was characterised by constitutional upheaval. The growing insurgency of the Nepalese Civil War disrupted representative elections. Following several election delays, Gyanendra suspended the constitution and assumed direct rule in February 2005, claiming that it was a temporary measure to suppress the Maoist insurgency after civilian governments failed to do so. In April 2006, facing widespread opposition, he restored Nepal's previous parliament. Following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord between the government and the Maoists, he was deposed two years later by the first session of the Constituent Assembly, which declared a republic and ended the 240-year rule of the Shah dynasty.
Gyanendra was born on 7 July 1947 as the second son of Crown Prince Mahendra and his first wife, Crown Princess Indra, in the old Narayanhiti Royal Palace in Kathmandu. After his birth, his father was told by a court astrologer not to look at his newborn son for it would bring him bad luck, so Gyanendra was sent to live with his grandmother.
In November 1950, during a political plot, both his father and his grandfather King Tribhuvan, along with other royals, fled to India, leaving the three-year-old Prince Gyanendra (who was living with his grandmother) as the only male member of the royal family in Nepal.
He was brought back to the capital Kathmandu by Prime Minister Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and declared king on 7 November 1950.[citation needed] Coins were issued in his name and the Prime Minister allocated a 300,000 rupee annual budget as expenditure for the King.
After India voiced its opposition to the hereditary rule of the Rana dynasty as Prime Ministers of Nepal, a deal was reached in January 1951. Gyanendra's grandfather Tribhuvan returned to Nepal and resumed his reign. The actions of the Rana regime to depose his grandfather and place Gyanendra on the throne were not recognized as legitimate.
Gyanendra studied with his elder brother Birendra at St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling, India. In 1969, he graduated from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.
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Gyanendra of Nepal
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; born 7 July 1947) was the King of Nepal and the last monarch of Kingdom of Nepal. He ascended the throne on 4 June 2001 following the royal massacre and reigned until 28 May 2008, when the monarchy was abolished and the democratic republic was proclaimed. He had previously reigned from 7 November 1950 to 7 January 1951, when the Rana regime declared him king at the age of three after his grandfather, King Tribhuvan, and the royal family fled to India. His brief reign ended with Tribhuvan's restoration to the throne.
During the reign of his elder brother, King Birendra, Gyanendra served as chairman of his father, King Mahendra' s Trust for Nature Conservation.[citation needed]
Gyanendra's second reign, which began as a result of the Nepalese royal massacre, was characterised by constitutional upheaval. The growing insurgency of the Nepalese Civil War disrupted representative elections. Following several election delays, Gyanendra suspended the constitution and assumed direct rule in February 2005, claiming that it was a temporary measure to suppress the Maoist insurgency after civilian governments failed to do so. In April 2006, facing widespread opposition, he restored Nepal's previous parliament. Following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord between the government and the Maoists, he was deposed two years later by the first session of the Constituent Assembly, which declared a republic and ended the 240-year rule of the Shah dynasty.
Gyanendra was born on 7 July 1947 as the second son of Crown Prince Mahendra and his first wife, Crown Princess Indra, in the old Narayanhiti Royal Palace in Kathmandu. After his birth, his father was told by a court astrologer not to look at his newborn son for it would bring him bad luck, so Gyanendra was sent to live with his grandmother.
In November 1950, during a political plot, both his father and his grandfather King Tribhuvan, along with other royals, fled to India, leaving the three-year-old Prince Gyanendra (who was living with his grandmother) as the only male member of the royal family in Nepal.
He was brought back to the capital Kathmandu by Prime Minister Mohan Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, and declared king on 7 November 1950.[citation needed] Coins were issued in his name and the Prime Minister allocated a 300,000 rupee annual budget as expenditure for the King.
After India voiced its opposition to the hereditary rule of the Rana dynasty as Prime Ministers of Nepal, a deal was reached in January 1951. Gyanendra's grandfather Tribhuvan returned to Nepal and resumed his reign. The actions of the Rana regime to depose his grandfather and place Gyanendra on the throne were not recognized as legitimate.
Gyanendra studied with his elder brother Birendra at St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling, India. In 1969, he graduated from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.
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