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Birendra ascended to the Nepalese throne on 31 January 1972, at the age of 26, after the death of his father, King Mahendra.However, his coronation was delayed until 24 February 1975, when he was 29, since the first year was considered to be a mourning period for death of king's father and the second year was deemed to be inauspicious by religious astrologers. [7]
On 12 June 2001, a Hindu katto ceremony was held to exorcise or banish the spirit of the dead king from Nepal. A Hindu priest, Durga Prasad Sapkota, dressed as Birendra to symbolise the late king, rode an elephant out of Kathmandu and into symbolic exile, taking many of the monarch's belongings with him. [22]
The Tribhuvan Sadan (Nepali: त्रिभुवन सदन) is a mansion in the Narayanhiti Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal.It is known for being the site of the Nepalese royal massacre where ten members of the royal family, including King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya, and Crown Prince Dipendra were killed.
Upon Tribhuvan's death, Mahendra became king in 1955. [26] In 1960, he began the party-less political system, Panchayat. [27] During a hunting event, he suffered a heart attack, and his son Birendra assumed the throne in 1975, two years after his father's death.
Nepal Janabadi Morcha claimed responsibility. Nepalese royal massacre: 1 June 2001 2058 Jestha 19 Narayanhity Royal Palace, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu 10 Wiped out the family of King Birendra and eventually led to the end of monarchy in Nepal. Badarmude bus explosion: 6 June 2005 2062 Badarmude village, Chitwan district: 38 - 53
King Birendra of Nepal. Birendra was crowned as the tenth King of Nepal on 24 February 1975, [1] [2] at the age of 29. The coronation was held two years after the death of his father, King Mahendra because the first year was a year of mourning period and the next was considered inauspicious by court astrologers. [3]
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For the duration of his three-day reign he was in a coma after the shooting at his father King Birendra, his mother Queen Aishwarya, his younger brother and sister, five other members of the royal family, and himself in an event known as the Nepalese royal massacre. [1] [2] Upon Dipendra's death, his paternal uncle Gyanendra became king.