Mahendra

Mahendra

Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाहदेव) (* 11. Juni 1920; † 31. Januar 1972) war von 1955 bis zu seinem Tod König von Nepal. Er folgte seinem Vater, Tribhuvan, der nach Jahren als Marionette der herrschenden Familie Rana deren mehr als 100jährige Macht über das Land hatte brechen können. Anders als sein Vater war Mahendra kein Anhänger der parlamentarischen Demokratie, und in den 1960er Jahren verbot er die Oppositionsparteien. Nach seinem plötzlichen Tod folgte ihm sein Sohn Birendra auf den Thron.

Ein jüngerer Sohn, Gyanendra, war als kleines Kind von 1950 bis 1951 regierender König, als Tribhuvan, Mahendra und Birendra vor der Familie Rana aus dem Land flüchten mussten. Nach 50 Jahren bestieg Gyanendra wieder den Thron, als sein Bruder Birendra 2001 ermordet wurde.


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Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah König von Nepal
19561972
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev

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