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
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
Queen Ratna of Nepal
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Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah is a member of the Nepalese royal family who was the Queen of Nepal from 1955 to 1972 and queen dowager from 1972 to 2008.
Mahendra of Nepal
…dynasty after the 1951 revolution. After the death of his first wife Indra in 1950, the then Prince Mahendra was in a love affair with sister-in-law, Ratna, but King Tribhuvan was planning to prevent his son from marrying Rana's daughter Ratna under any circumstances. Prince Mahendra did not like the…
Queen Ratna in 1967
King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev and Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah in their coronation on 2 May 1956.
Queen Ratna in the Netherlands on 25 April 1967 with Prince Bernhard.