Photo Credit: Nabin K. Sapkota - Purna Nepali CC BY-SA 4.0
On June 1 2001, The Royal Family of Nepal were massacred by the country’s heir to the throne.
The King and Queen were among those to have been shot dead after Crown Prince Dipendra went on a shooting rampage at the Narayanhity Royal Palace.
He killed nine members of The Royal Family before turning the gun on himself and entering a coma.
Whilst in a comatose state, Dipendra was declared King of Nepal. However, he died from his injuries three days later.
Other victims of the massacre included three of the King’s children, his two sisters and the King’s brother-in-law.
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February 19, 2021
King Tribhuvan with the leaders of Nepali Congress
Today is the National Democracy Day in Nepal. On this day, seven decades ago, Nepal welcomed democracy for the first time. This was the result of a revolution.
This was a political movement against the tyrannical Rana regime that eventually resulted in the end of the 104-year-long Rana rule in the country.
Let’s celebrate this day that marked the awakening of the democratic movements in Nepal, by learning some of the facts that revolved around it:
1. King Tribhuvan’s exile
It is an open secret that Kind Tribhuvan always had an anti-Rana attitude and wanted to overthrow the Ranas from power. Hence, he also worked with Nepal Praja Parishad, a political party formed under the leadership of Tanka Prasad Acharya to remove the Rana dictatorship.
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