King gyanendra biography
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The story of the Nepalese monarchy is a complex one and the fall of King Gyanendra has been its climax. Many factors were at play but the scale of Gyanendra’s failing is self-evident. In a few short years he took the monarchy to the depths of despised and failed despotism. The outcome of a disastrous reign is the downfall of the Shah dynasty, the demise of the two hundred and forty year-old monarchy. The coup de grace had been anticipated for some time and in real terms the end of the monarchy was inevitable following the decision of the Constituent Assembly of December 24, 2007. The by then hugely unpopular Gyanendra still had a few die hard supporters, and some even suggested a monarchy stripped of its powers could fulfil a constitutional role of some sort. But supporters were an endangered species and abolition of the monarchy was the price demanded by the former Maoist rebels in exchange for their participation in and support for the assembly. Inexorably the end drew nearer until on May 27, 2008, the King was given fifteen days to vacate Narayanhity Royal Palace. The following vote in the Constituent Assembly left no room for doubt as to the finality of the event: 560 – 4 voting in favour of a secular republic. Although The Shah dynasty had played a central role in Nepales
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Gyanendra of Nepal
King of Nepal (1950–1951 and 2001–2008)
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev[a] (born 7 July 1947) is the former King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008, when the monarchy was ended.[1] As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuvan, took political exile in India with the rest of his family. His second reign, which began after the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre, was marked by constitutional turmoil.
His brother King Birendra had established a constitutional monarchy in which he delegated policy to a representative government. The growing insurgency of the Nepalese Civil War during Gyanendra's reign interfered with the elections of representatives. After several delays in elections, Gyanendra suspended the constitution and assumed direct authority in February 2005, asserting that it would be a temporary measure to suppress the Maoist insurgency after civil governments had failed to do so.[2] In the face of broad opposition, he restored the previous parliament in April 2006. He was deposed two years later by the first session of the Constituent Assembly, which declared the nation to be the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal and abolished the 240-year-old Shah dynasty.
Early life and first
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