died: 1 June 2001 in Narāyaṇahiṭi Palace (killed in the royal massacre);

gender: male;

father: King Mahendra Vikrama Śāha;

mother: Indra Rājyalakṣmī Devī;

spouse: Aiśvaryā Rājyalakṣmī Devī (married 1970);

children: King Dipendra Vikrama Śāha, Princess Śrutī Rājyalakṣmī Devī, Prince Nirājan Vikrama Śāha;

details:

King of Nepal (r. 31 January 1972 – 1 June 2001);

lifted the ban on political parties and agreed to become a constitutional monarch in April 1990;

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