Mahendra of Nepal
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'''Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev''' ({{langx|ne|श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव}}; 11 June 1920 – 31 January 1972) was [[King of Nepal]] from 13 March 1955 until his death in 1972. |
'''Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev''' ({{langx|ne|श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज महेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव}}; 11 June 1920 – 31 January 1972) was the [[King of Nepal]] from 13 March 1955 until his death in 1972. |
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He led the [[1960 Nepal coup d'état|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.{{Cite journal |last=Baral |first=Lok Raj |date=1994 |title=The Return of Party Politics in Nepal |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/225414 |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=121–133 |doi=10.1353/jod.1994.0012 |issn=1086-3214|url-access=subscription }} He ruled the country with his [[Panchayat (Nepal)|Panchayat]] system for 28 years, with the Panchayat system itself remaining 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 dynasty|Rana]] rulers, who kept the country under an isolationist policy, came to an end in 1951. |
He led the [[1960 Nepal coup d'état|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.{{Cite journal |last=Baral |first=Lok Raj |date=1994 |title=The Return of Party Politics in Nepal |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/225414 |journal=Journal of Democracy |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=121–133 |doi=10.1353/jod.1994.0012 |issn=1086-3214|url-access=subscription }} He ruled the country with his [[Panchayat (Nepal)|Panchayat]] system for 28 years, with the Panchayat system itself remaining 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 dynasty|Rana]] rulers, who kept the country under an isolationist policy, came to an end in 1951. |
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