Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, Dipendra's uncle, took the throne.

Almost all of the Royal family members were killed in the massacre except Gyanendra Shah ( Former King and younger brother of King Birendra ).

A decade-long People's Revolution by the Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist ) along with several weeks of mass protests by all major political parties of Nepal in 2006, culminated in a peace accord and the ensuing elections for the constituent assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of the abdication of the last Nepali monarch Gyanendra Shah and the establishment of a federal democratic republic on 28 May 2008.

Prince Gyanendra was born in the old Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, as the second son of Crown Prince Mahendra and his wife Crown Princess Indra.

* 1947 – Gyanendra of Nepal

Dipendra's uncle, Prince Gyanendra, is often accused of arranging the murder of all the competitors to the throne.

A detailed investigation is impossible as the " Tribhuvan Sadan " ( the building where the massacre occurred ) was demolished by the Gyanendra regime.

He supposedly dies on 4 June although his body seem to have started to decompose in four days and flies were seen orbiting around his corpse, Gyanendra is crowned King.

* 18 February: Lawmaker Khem Narayan Faujdar, a member of the parliament dissolved by King Gyanendra in 2002, is shot dead by two suspected Maoists riding a motorcycle in the Nawalparasi District, 200 km southwest of the capital, according to the police.

Among other points, this document stated that a dictatorial monarchy of King Gyanendra is the chief impediment to progress in Nepal.

Nepal was one of the last states to have had an absolute monarch, which continued until King Gyanendra of Nepal was peacefully deposed in May 2008 and Nepal became a federal republic.

* 2006 – 243 people are injured in pro-democracy protest in Nepal after Nepali security forces open fire on protesters against King Gyanendra.

* 2006 – King Gyanendra of Nepal gives into the demands of protesters and restores the parliament that he dissolved in 2002.

* 2005 – King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d ' état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.

Although official statements declared Crown Prince Dipendra as the killer, later on King Gyanendra has also been suspected for the massacre.

On 1 February 2005 King Gyanendra suspended the Parliament, appointed a government led by himself, and enforced martial law.

On 21 April 2006, King Gyanendra declared that " power would be returned to the people ".

Finally King Gyanendra announced the reinstatement the House of Representatives, thereby conceding one of the major demands of the SPA, at midnight on 24 April 2006.

The Nepalese monarchy was formally abolished on 28 May 2008, causing King Gyanendra to lose his throne.

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After several delays in elections, King Gyanendra suspended the constitution and assumed direct authority in February 2005, assuring that it would be a temporary situation to suppress the Maoist insurgency.

In November 1950, during a political plot, both his father and his grandfather King Tribhuvan, along with other royals, fled to India, leaving the young Prince Gyanendra as the only male member of the royal family in Nepal.

Prince Gyanendra served as the chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Coronation of his brother King Birendra in 1975.

The ' broad political conference ' was, however, postponed due to the imposition of Emergency rule by King Gyanendra on February 1, 2005.

RJP had expressed differences with King Gyanendra after the February 1, 2005 coup, over issues like political appointments in the local administrations.

During the Loktantra Andolan, the RJP suggested that the King Gyanendra would initiate talks with ' constitutional forces '. When the King was stripped of his political powers by the interim parliament, RJP did not object. In November 2006, the Prajatantrik Nepal Party led by Keshar Bahadur Bista merged into RJP.

This material support to the Nepali government dried up after King Gyanendra seized full control in February 2005 to get rid of civil war for once and all.

In November 2004, the government rejected the Maoists ' request to negotiate directly with the King Gyanendra rather than via the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba ; their request for discussions to be mediated by a third party, such as the United Nations was dismissed.

On 1 February 2005, in response to the inability of the relatively democratic government to restore order, King Gyanendra assumed total control of the government.

* 22 May: King Gyanendra, acting on the advice of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, dissolves Parliament and orders new elections.

** In Nepal, Gyanendra of Nepal lifts a ban on political parties following violent protests.

One of his grandsons Gyanendra was, however, left in Nepal.

Meanwhile, king Gyanendra has reportedly been away touring villages in western Nepal.

* 19 November: After negotiations, the Maoist rebels agree to work with opposition politicians in a common front against the rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal.

Among other points, this document stated that the dictatorial monarchy of King Gyanendra was the chief impediment to progress in Nepal.

# REDIRECT Gyanendra of Nepal

In 1950, Mohan Shamsher forced Tribhuvan and his son Mahendra to flee to India, allowing Mahendra's three-year-old son Gyanendra of Nepal to become king.

* Nepal: King Gyanendra ( October 4, 2002 )

* Nepal: King Gyanendra ( February 1, 2005 )

* In February 2002, Nepal issued a 10 rupee polymer banknote, commemorating the new King Gyanendra.

* King Gyanendra of Nepal ends the state of emergency.