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Details for Vīrendra Vikrama Śāha

ID1344
NameVīrendra Vikrama Śāha
TypepersName
Notesborn: 28 December 1945 in Narāyaṇahiṭi Palace;

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;

normdata: wiki:Birendra_of_Nepal, viaf:28005924, gnd:124485308. #new#

SurnameŚāha
Name XML file Year reliable?
Birendra NHDP_0001_0140 (c) [1870] [NS 990] yes
Vīrendra DNA_0001_0005 (c) 1838 (VS 1894) yes

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