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Mahendra of Nepal

1920 - 1972

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Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव; 11 June 1920 – 31 January 1972) was King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until his death in 1972. He led the 1960 coup d'état, in which he dismissed the government, jailed other political leaders, suspended the constitution, banned political parties, and established an autocratic royal regime. He ruled the country with his Panchayat system for 28 years until the introduction of multi-party democracy in 1990. During his reign, Nepal experienced a period of industrial, political and economic change which opened it to the rest of the world for the first time, after the 104-year-long reign of the Rana rulers, who kept the country under an isolationist policy, came to an end in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahendra of Nepal is the 10,901st most popular politician (down from 10,187th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Nepal (down from 20th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Nepalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 10,901 out of 19,576. Before him are Ottokar III of Styria, Ptolemy of Cyprus, Bernhard Vogel, Hammer DeRoburt, Zindzi Mandela, and William VII, Marquis of Montferrat. After him are Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany, Jacob Hübner, Ptolemy Epigonos, Aleksandar Malinov, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, and Lucius Cassius Longinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 187. Before him are Knut Nordahl, Juan José Torres, Fiorenzo Magni, Barend Biesheuvel, Yves Robert, and Zao Wou-Ki. After him are Stéphanos II Ghattas, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Chatichai Choonhavan, Khieu Ponnary, Karel Píč, and Lydia Wideman. Among people deceased in 1972, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 119. Before him are Günter Eich, Robert Casadesus, Lee Beom-seok, David Hall, Bruce Cabot, and Lee Morgan. After him are Hermann Boehm, Pierre Brasseur, Robert H. MacArthur, Milton L. Humason, August Zaleski, and Stanislaus Kobierski.

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 29 out of 59. Before him are Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980), Suman Pokhrel (1967), Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814), Ang Rita (1948), Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906), and Janaka (null). After him are Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909), Araniko (1244), Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), Sushil Koirala (1939), Bhimsen Thapa (1775), and Apa Sherpa (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Mahendra of Nepal ranks 17. Before him are Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), Ram Baran Yadav (1948), Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1875), Madhav Kumar Nepal (1953), Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (1980), and Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906). After him are Sher Bahadur Deuba (1946), Sushil Koirala (1939), Bhimsen Thapa (1775), Ashtavakra (null), Surya Bahadur Thapa (1928), and Jhala Nath Khanal (1950).

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