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Gyanendra of Nepal

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Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: ज्ञानेन्द्र बीर बिक्रम शाह देव; born 7 July 1947) was the last king of Nepal. He reigned from 1950 to 1951 and again from 2001 to 2008, when the Kingdom of Nepal was abolished and a republic declared. At a young age of three, Gyanendra was briefly declared king by the Rana regime after his grandfather Tribhuvan and his family fled to India. During his brother Birendra's reign, he served as chairman of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2024). Gyanendra of Nepal is the 5,440th most popular politician (down from 5,396th in 2024), the 15th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 10th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Nepalese Politician.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Gyanendra of Nepal ranks 5,440 out of 19,576Before him are Judith of Habsburg, Pharnabazus III, Emperor Kameyama, Qara Hülegü, Bernhard Rust, and Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg. After him are George XII of Georgia, Shah Shuja, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, and Oxyartes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Gyanendra of Nepal ranks 117Before him are Margaret Rhea Seddon, Patrick Dewaere, Eric F. Wieschaus, Barbara Bach, Ted Danson, and Temple Grandin. After him are Jan Garbarek, F. R. David, Mario Aurelio Poli, Saskia Sassen, Jerzy Popiełuszko, and Roy Hodgson.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Gyanendra of Nepal ranks 15 out of 59Before him are Rāhula (-534), Śuddhodana (-590), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), and Birendra of Nepal (1945). After him are Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Sanu Sharma (null), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Anuruddha (-450), and Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875).

Among Politicians In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Gyanendra of Nepal ranks 9Before him are KP Sharma Oli (1952), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Śuddhodana (-590), Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), and Birendra of Nepal (1945). After him are Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875), Madhav Kumar Nepal (1953), and Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980).