Gyanendra of Nepal

Regnal name
	Shree Paanch Maharajadhiraj Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज ज्ञानेन्द्र वीर बिक्रम शाह देव)

King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह
King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह;
	Gyanendra in 2012
King of Nepal
Reign	7 November 1950 – 7 January 1951
Coronation	7 November 1950
Predecessor	Tribhuvan
Successor	Tribhuvan
Prime ministers	See list Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana;
Reign	4 June 2001 – 28 May 2008
Coronation	4 June 2001
Predecessor	Dipendra
Successor	Monarchy abolished; (Girija Prasad Koirala as the acting head of state)
Prime ministers	See list Girija Prasad Koirala; Sher Bahadur Deuba; Lokendra Bahadur Chand; Surya Bahadur Thapa;
Born	7 July 1947 (age 77); Narayanhiti Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
Spouse	Komal Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (m. 1970)
Issue	Paras Shah; Prerana Shah Singh
Regnal name
Regnal name
	Shree Paanch Maharajadhiraj Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज ज्ञानेन्द्र वीर बिक्रम शाह देव)
House	Shah Dynasty
Father	Mahendra
Mother	Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi
Religion	Hinduism

Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; born 7 July 1947) was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. 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 began after the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre. Gyanendra Shah is the first person in the history of Nepal to be king twice and the last king of the Shah dynasty of Nepal.^[1]

Gyanendra's second reign 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.

^ "ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह : नेपालको इतिहासमा दुई पटक राजा हुन पाए". रिपोर्टर्स नेपाल. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
^ Backman, Michael (16 June 2005). Inside Knowledge: Streetwise in Asia. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-52239-8.

[1] "ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह : नेपालको इतिहासमा दुई पटक राजा हुन पाए". रिपोर्टर्स नेपाल. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

[2] Backman, Michael (16 June 2005). Inside Knowledge: Streetwise in Asia. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-52239-8.

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