Birendra of Nepal
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Shree Panch Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was King of Nepal from 1972 until his assassination in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre.
Birendra c. 1967
Birendra shaking hands with Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, 1985
Birendra with US President Ronald Reagan, 1983
A Tibetan snowcock at Sagarmatha National Park
Mahendra of Nepal
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Shree Panch Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until his death in 1972. He led the 1960 royal coup, in which he dismissed the government, suspended the constitution, ban
Birendra of Nepal
…29 December 1945 – 1 June 2001) was King of Nepal from 1972 until his assassination in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre. Birendra was the first son of King Mahendra and crown princess Indra. He inherited the panchayat system from his father when he acceded the throne in 1972, ruling as Nepal's absolute monarch…
King Mahendra at his coronation in 1956
Crown Prince Mahendra, Prince Himalaya Pratap, Prince Basundhara and their father, King Tribhuvan, in 1932.
BP Koirala taking oath as 22nd Prime minister of Nepal
King Mahendra and Queen Ratna in 1957