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Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | |
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![]() Dipendra on 31 May 2001 | |
King of Nepal | |
Reign | 1–4 June 2001 |
Predecessor | Birendra |
Successor | Gyanendra |
Regent | Gyanendra |
Born | Kathmandu, Nepal | 27 June 1971
Died | 4 June 2001 Kathmandu, Nepal | (aged 29)
Dynasty | Shah dynasty |
Father | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah |
Mother | Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah |
Religion | Hinduism |
Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: दीपेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव) (27 June 1971 – 4 June 2001) was King of Nepal for three days from 1 to 4 June 2001. For the duration of his three-day reign he was in a coma after shooting his father King Birendra, his mother Queen Aishwarya, his younger brother and sister, five other members of the royal family, and himself on 1 June in an event known as the Nepalese royal massacre.[1][2] Upon Dipendra's death, his paternal uncle Gyanendra became king.