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Mahendra of Nepal in Coronation, 1955. Mahendra became the king of Nepal as the successor of King Tribhuvan. When King Tribhuvan left for Europe for treatment, Mahendra got the authority from the then King Tribhuvan. He inherited the throne aged 34 as a constitutional monarch. He became king on 13 March 1955 but his coronation took place on 2 ...
Durgananda Jha (Nepali: दुर्गानन्द झा) was a Nepalese democratic fighter who attempted to assassinate King Mahendra of Nepal in January 1962 (9 Magh 2018 BS) in Janakpur in southeastern Nepal. Durga was captured after he threw a bomb on a motor-vehicle carrying the king.
He founded Nepal after invading Nuwakot in 1744 which started the unification process of the present-day country of Nepal. [6] Shah died on 11 January 1775 after ruling for over 31 years; by the end of his reign, he had won over Nuwakot, Makwanpur, and Nepal Valley. [7] Upon Prithvi Narayan's death, his son Pratap Singh Shah was appointed as ...
1960 Nepal coup d'état was a coup d'état led by King Mahendra on 15 December 1960. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The same day, he dismissed the cabinet of B.P. Koirala and imprisoned Koirala. [ 3 ] On 13 April 1961, Mahendra made a televised appearance, in which he introduced Panchayat , a partyless political system.
It is located in Bharatpur, Nepal, near the Madan Ashrit Highway. [2] Diyalo Bangala was built in the 1960s by King Mahendra . [ 3 ] King Mahendra died at this palace on 31 January 1972.
The royal couple of Nepal was greeted with the 'guard of honor'. [9] The king and the president discussed about the foreign affairs and agreed to support the efforts of the United Nations. [10] After the state visit, the king went to Williamsburg, Cape Kennedy, and New York City. He also went for a hunting trip in Alaska. [11]
Seoul (Reuters) -Investigators found bird feathers and blood in both engines of the Jeju Air jet that crashed in South Korea last month, killing 179 people, a person familiar with the probe told ...
Murder Most Royal or Nepal: Murder Most Royal is a 2002 documentary by Donna Sharpe produced for the BBC and aired on BBC2. It details the reasons for Dipendra perpetrating the massacre, including his forbidden marriage with Devyani Rana .