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| Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | |||||||||||||
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| Field Marshal H.M. Shree Panch Bada Maharajadhiraja | |||||||||||||
.jpg) Mahendra in 1957 | |||||||||||||
| King of Nepal | |||||||||||||
| Reign | 13 March 1955 – 31 January 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Coronation | 2 May 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Tribhuvan | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Birendra | ||||||||||||
| Born | 11 June 1920 Narayanhity Royal Palace Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal | ||||||||||||
| Died | 31 January 1972 (aged 51) Diyalo Bangala, Bharatpur, Nepal[1] | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||||||
| Issue (Details) | Shanti Singh, Rani of Bajhang Princess Sharada Birendra, King of Nepal Gyanendra, King of Nepal Princess Shobha Prince Dhirendra[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | Shah dynasty | ||||||||||||
| Father | King Tribhuvan | ||||||||||||
| Mother | Kanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Author | ||||||||||||
| हस्ताक्षर |  | ||||||||||||
Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; 11 June 1920 – 31 January 1972) was King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until his death in 1972.
He led the 1960 coup d'état, in which he dismissed the government, jailed other political leaders, suspended the constitution, banned political parties, and established an autocratic royal regime.[3] He ruled the country with his Panchayat system for 28 years until the introduction of multi-party democracy in 1990.[3] During his reign, Nepal experienced a period of industrial, political and economic change which opened it to the rest of the world for the first time, after the 104-year-long reign of the Rana rulers, who kept the country under an isolationist policy, came to an end in 1951.
- ^ "King Mahetidra of Nepal Dead; Hindu on Throne for 15 Years". The New York Times. 31 January 1972. Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Late King Mahendra with his family". Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ a b Baral, Lok Raj (1994). "The Return of Party Politics in Nepal". Journal of Democracy. 5 (1): 121–133. doi:10.1353/jod.1994.0012. ISSN 1086-3214.