Sentence examples for king Birendra from inspiring English sources

The then king, Birendra, was a much loved figure, above the rough and tumble of Nepal's tumultuous politics.

The country is still trying to absorb the massacre of King Birendra and much of the royal family on June 1 in what witnesses described as a drunken, drug-induced rampage by Crown Prince Dipendra, who then killed himself.

Prime Minister Bhattarai met with King Birendra and briefed him on the situation, the Press Trust of India said.

King Birendra remained a traditional king until 1990, when a democratic uprising forced the change toward a constitutional monarchy.

King Birendra was the tenth Shah king.

Dipendra, already comatose, was made king on Saturday after his father, King Birendra, his mother and six other members of the royal family died in a blood bath on Friday.

King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, who was shot to death on Friday in a massacre of Nepal's royal family, was a proud but isolated monarch whose reign began in absolutism and ended in uneasy partnership with democracy.

The probe into the shooting deaths of King Birendra, his queen and six others Friday will be completed within three days, King Gyanendra, Birendra's 53-year-old brother, said in a televised address hours after ascending the throne.

He had all of a sudden become the king after the bloody massacre in the Narayanhity Royal Palace in 2001 in which his elder brother and the then King Birendra Shah and all his family members were killed mysteriously.

On June 1 , 2001 Crown Prince Dipendra shot and killed his father and mother, King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, and eight other members of the royal family before shooting himself in a bizarre attack in the country's royal palace.

He fatally wounded his father, King Birendra, his mother, Queen Aiswarya, and seven others.