Panchayat (Nepal)
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Panchayat was a political system in Nepal from 1961 to 1990. It banned political parties and placed all governmental power, including power over the Council of Ministers and Federal Parliament, under
King Mahendra in 1967
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.
Panchayat (Nepal)
…popular demonstrations and strikes to end the system and restore multiparty democracy. The campaign, later known as the People's Movement, compelled King Birendra to lift the political-party ban on 8 April of that year and end the panchayat system that had dominated Nepal for almost 30 years. King Mahendra invoked…
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