NEPALESE MONARCHY

The 'king of Nepal' is known as the 'Raja'; his Queen is known as the 'Rani'.
The following is a list of Nepal's modern ''Rajas'':

★ Prithvi Narayan Shah (1768–1775) ''ruler of Gurkha from 1743''

★ Pratap Singh Shah (1775–1777)

★ Rana Bahadur Shah (1777–1799)

★ Girvan Yudha Bikram Shah (1799–1816)

★ Rajendra Bikram Shah (1816–1847)

★ Surendra Bikram Shah (1847–1881)

★ Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (1881–1911)

★ Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah (1911–1955)

★ Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah (1956–1972)

★ Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1972–2001)

★ Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (2001) ''three days, incapacitated''

★ Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (2001–present)

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See also

★ History of Nepal

★ Line of succession to the Nepalese Throne

★ Nepalese royal massacre

External link

★ Royal Court of Nepal

★ Nepal at Royal Ark