Gyanendra of Nepal

Gyanendra Shah 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	(1947-07-07) 7 July 1947 (age 76) Narayanhiti Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal
Spouse	Komal Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (m. 1970)
Issue	Paras Shah Prerana Shah Singh
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
Religion	Hinduism

Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; born 7 July 1947) was a monarch and the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. His second reign began after the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre. .^[1]

References

Other websites

• "Profile: Nepal's King Gyanendra". BBC News. 28 May 2008.
• King of Nepal is stoned by crowd. BBC 16 February 2007
• Biography at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 February 2004)
• Nepal News Feed - News Headlines Archived 19 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine