Birendra Bir Bikram Shah
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah 29 December 1945 – 1 June 2001was the 11th King of Nepal and a South Asian statesman. The eldest son of King Mahendra, whom he succeeded in 1972, he reigned until his death in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre.
The stability of Nepal was threatened even more when Birendra and his family including Queen Aishwarya were massacred at a royal dinner on 1 June 2001.Almost all of the Royal family members were killed in the massacre except Gyanendra Shah, Birendra's younger brother. Dipendra was proclaimed king but died a few days later of self-inflicted gunshot wounds sustained in the massacre. Thus Gyanendra then became king.Eyewitness reports and an official investigation carried by a two-man committee made up of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Keshav Prasad Upadhaya and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Taranath Ranabhat confirmed that Dipendra was the gunman. A detailed investigation is impossible as the "Tribhuvan Sadan" the building where the massacre occurred was demolished by the Gyanendra government.
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The stability of Nepal was threatened even more when Birendra and his family including Queen Aishwarya were massacred at a royal dinner on 1 June 2001.Almost all of the Royal family members were killed in the massacre except Gyanendra Shah, Birendra's younger brother. Dipendra was proclaimed king but died a few days later of self-inflicted gunshot wounds sustained in the massacre. Thus Gyanendra then became king.Eyewitness reports and an official investigation carried by a two-man committee made up of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Keshav Prasad Upadhaya and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Taranath Ranabhat confirmed that Dipendra was the gunman. A detailed investigation is impossible as the "Tribhuvan Sadan" the building where the massacre occurred was demolished by the Gyanendra government.
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