Gyanendra of Nepal

King of Nepal

7 July 1947 Narayanhiti Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Regnal nameShree Paanch Maharajadhiraj Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev

Former King of Nepal King of Nepal Gyanendra ShahKing of NepalReign7 November 1950 – 7 January 1951 Coronation7 November 1950PredecessorTribhuvan Bir Bikram ShahSuccessorTribhuvan Bir Bikram ShahPrime Ministers See list Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana Reign4 June 2001 – 28 May 2008 Coronation4 June 2001PredecessorDipendraSuccessorMonarchy abolished (Girija Prasad Koirala as the acting head of state)Prime Ministers See list Girija Prasad KoiralaSher Bahadur DeubaLokendra Bahadur ChandSurya Bahadur Thapa Born (1947-07-07 ) 7 July 1947 (age 74) Narayanhiti Royal Palace, Kathmandu, NepalSpouseQueen KomalIssueCrown Prince Paras Princess PreranaHouseShah DynastyFatherKing MahendraMotherCrown Princess IndraReligionHinduism Gyanendra Shah (Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह ; Gyānendra Śāha; born 7 July 1947) reigned as the King of Nepal from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuvan, went into exile in India with the rest of his family. His second reign began after the 2001 Nepalese royal Massacre. He was deposed by the first session of the Constituent Assembly on 28 May 2008, thereby declaring the nation as the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal and abolishing the 240-year reign of the Shah Dynasty. Gyanendra's second reign was marked by constitutional turmoil. His predecessor 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 King Gyanendra's reign interfered with elections of representatives. After several delays in elections, King Gyanendra suspended the constitution and assumed direct authority in February 2005, asserting that it would be a temporary measure to suppress the Maoist insurgency, as the ushering in of democracy in Nepal had led to a fractious, corrupt and incompetent series of governments who were successively incapable to deal with the Maoist insurgency. In the face of broad opposition, he restored the previous parliament in April 2006. His reign ended about two years later.