Knig (Nepal) - Gyanendra, Dipendra, Tribhuvan, Liste Der Knige Von Nepal, Birendra, Mahendra, Prithvi (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: Jnendra Vra Bikrama h) (born 7 July 1947) reigned as the final monarch of the Kingdom of Nepal. During his life, he has held the title of the King twice: first between 1950 and 1951 as a child when his grandfather Tribhuvan was forced into exile with the rest of his family in India; and from 2001 to 2008, following the Nepalese royal massacre. Gyanendra's second reign ended in 2008, when the monarchy was dissolved and the Federal Republic of Nepal formed in its place. Gyanendra became a private citizen and was stripped of his royal titles and status. His reign is considered to have been a disaster for the monarchist cause in Nepal; in particular, his decision to impose direct rule caused the Maoist insurgency and the moderate democratic political parties to unite in opposition to his absolute rule, an alliance which under any other circumstances would have been extraordinarily unlikely. In February 2005, King Gyanendra took complete control of the government, dismissing the elected parliament. Following opposition to his direct rule he was forced to return power to the parliament in April 2006, which in turn reduced the King's status to that of a ceremonial monarch. He continued as such until 28 May 2008 when he was peacefully deposed and Nepal became a federal republic. There have been some calls from parties loyal to the monarchy for a referendum to decide on the need for a monarchy after the constitutional crisis brought about the resignation of the Maoist-led government. Gyanendra was born in Kulekhani, Kathmandu, as the second son of Crown Prince Mahendra and his wife Crown Princess Indra. After his birth, his father was told by a court astrologer not to look at his newborn son because it would bring him bad luck, so Gyanendra was sent to live with his grandmother. In November 1950, during a political plot, both his father and his gran...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de