monarch predecessor successor death_date children citizenship nationality party office primeminister native_name term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
king mahendra unknown unknown 1st march , 1970 3 sons , 2 daughters nepalese nepalese nepali congress ambassador of nepal to burma burma surya bahadur thapa ज्ञानबहादुर याक्थुम्बा 1965 indira -rrb- yakthumba -lrb- founder of gyanodaya school in nepal gyan bahadur yakthumba
 1st march , 1970 gyan bahadur yakthumba military officer
gyan bahadur yakthumba

gyan bahadur yakthumba was descibed as a soldier , freedom fighter , crusader of the oppressed and under privileged , champion of civil liberty , human rights and justice , and a diplomat .
he joined the nepali police with the rank of major and was promoted to the rank of inspector general of nepal police , after succeeding nara shumsher j.b.r. as the police chief .
he served as the inspector general of the nepalese police force from december 1953 to august 1956 .
he was the third chief of nepals police , and after retirement served as an envoy to burma .
the present gyanodaya schools in kathmandu , nepal , were built in memory of him , and as such , were named after him by his wife indira yakthumba .
