page_title: Birendra of Nepal
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Birendra of Nepal / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Narayanhiti Palace Museum which long served as residence and principal workplace of the reigning Monarch of Kingdom of Nepal. It was built by king Mahendra in 1961 following the design by Californian architect Benjamin Polk. After the 2006 revolution, this royal palace was turned into a public museum.
context_page_description: Birendra Bir Bikram Shah was the King of Nepal from 1972 until 2001. The eldest son of King Mahendra, he reigned until his death in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre.
context_section_description: The stability of Nepal was threatened even more when Birendra and his family (including Queen Aishwarya) were massacred at a royal dinner on 1 June 2001.
  Almost all of the royal family members were killed in the massacre except Gyanendra Shah, Birendra's younger brother. Dipendra was proclaimed king but died a few days later of self-inflicted gunshot wounds sustained in the massacre. Consequently Gyanendra was inducted as king. Dipendra's body was cremated after his funeral.
  Eyewitness reports and an official investigation (carried by a two-man committee made up of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Keshav Prasad Upadhaya and the Speaker of the House of Representatives Taranath Ranabhat), confirmed that Dipendra was the gunman. Detailed investigation is impossible as the "Tribhuvan Sadan" (the building where the massacre occurred) was demolished by the Gyanendra government which made Gyanendra a most unpopular king.
caption: Narayanhiti Palace where the Nepalese royal massacre occurred.
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