The brutal massacre of ten members of the nepalese royal family in june 2001 shocked the world, and brought a nation to the brink of destruction. The dead included king birendra of nepal and queen aishwarya. A witness to massacre in nepal tells gory details the new. It was reported that the heir to the throne prince dipendra killed nine members of his family and himself during a party or monthly reunion dinner of the royal family but the massacre. Why nepals crown prince went on a killing spree public.
It was believed crown prince dipendra shot and killed several members of his family and relatives, ten people died and five were wounded. May 27, 2009 a peek inside the palace of nepals last monarchy. Chronicling both the bloodsoaked history of nepal s royal family and its explosive present, massacre at the palace offers a rare and comprehensive examination of the inner workings of a family apparently doomed from its beginning to tragedy and loss. Crown prince strode into a royal family gathering, opened fire, and killed. The nepalese royal massacre occurred on friday, june 1, 2001, at the narayanhity royal palace, then the residence of the nepalese monarchy, when crown prince dipendra allegedly shot and killed several members of his family. It was 10 years ago june 1st that, by the official account, nepals crown prince strode into a royal family gathering, opened fire, and killed nine people including his father the king, before. Jun 05, 2002 chronicling both the bloodsoaked history of nepals royal family and its explosive present, massacre at the palace offers a rare and comprehensive examination of the inner workings of a family apparently doomed from its beginning to tragedy and loss. The ussr and the united states were major aid donors. The author does a wonderful job of giving the 2001 massacre of nepal s royal family sufficient historical context. The nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1 june 2001, at a house on the grounds of the narayanhity royal palace, the residence of the nepalese monarchy. After the collapse of the royal family, various political groups vied for influence in the government. Zero hour e a royal massacre nepal video dailymotion. The royal palace massacre, conspiracy theories and nepali street. The himalayan kingdom of nepal threatens to plunge into civil war after crown prince dipendra shot dead the king and queen and six other members of the royal family last week in a violent row over his choice of bride.
Sep 20, 2016 while many of us nepalis still cannot believe that crown prince dipendra killed his father the king and several family members including his pregnant sister mother and brother sadly every facts point to that and the talk of raw doing it or other g. If nepal s royal family is to be believed, 30yearold dipendra, the then crown prince, had in one cruel stroke eliminated the king, the queen, his younger brother and at least. Tragedy in nepal royal family massacred magazine web. The monarchy in nepal was officially abolished in 2008 and the royal family is living in sinapore, currently. As a result of the shooting, ten people died and five were wounded. When they announced the massacre, i jumped up to look out the window and down to the street. Royal nepal massacre dipendra bir bikram shah dev 27 june. Without knowing the history of the royal family, and in general, how nepal s military and government have evolved over the last several hundred years, you could easily draw very superficial conclusions about what happened. The book, which the author says is a historical novel, posits that two men masked as crown prince. Astrologer unable to foresee royal massacre telegraph. However if youre interested in the events, history, and facts i would suggest massacre at the palace. The royal palace massacre, conspiracy theories and nepali street literature 41 theories. Nepal massacre npr s michael sullivan reports from katmandu on the mysterious circumstances surrounding fridays shooting deaths of eight members of the nepalese royal family, including the king.
Read the new book the financial massacre of america. First of all, lets dispel what i consider are only conspiracy theories, and nothing more, just a figment of imagination. Australian pm expresses sorrow about nepalese royal tragedy, xinhua nepal massacre. The nepalese royal massacre was surely something out of a horror movie that nepalese people can never forget in the duration of their lives. The tale of the nepalese royal family is an object lesson in how to lose public support. We obsess over unions such as prince williams marriage to kate middleton, were stunned when one abdicates like emperor akihito, and were fascinated when theyre executed like the romanov family. These are theories regarding foreign hand behind royal massacre. Chronicling both the bloodsoaked history of nepals royal family and its explosive present, massacre at the palace offers a rare and comprehensive examination of the inner workings of a family apparently doomed from its beginning to tragedy and loss. In his book tyo kahalilagdo rat that terrifying night8 published in. It is believed that the heir to the throne, prince dipendra, killed nine members of his family and himself. The doomed royal dynasty of nepal by jonathan gregson 1.
Despite the sensational title, this is a serious look at nepals royal history. Nepals week of horror after the royal massacre asia. Two nepalese royal family members have, for the first time, blamed the late king dipendra for murdering his father and almost the entire ruling family and demanded that he be declared their killer. What william and kate can learn from royals around the. We arrived in nepal at an extremely interesting moment in. A witness to massacre in nepal tells gory details the. Aishwarya and the massacre of the royal family history of. Chakra prasad bastola, a former nepalese ambassador to india, claimed that the palace massacre was a joint plot by india and the us. Jun 08, 2001 dr rajiv shahi, soninlaw of youngest brother of slain nepalese king birendra, and a survivor of palace massacre, gives first eyewitness account of royal blood bath.
Moreover, many books were also written on the plot and the aftermath of the massacre. Eleven people died in the incident which started when crown prince dipendra allegedly had a. Top 10 facts about nepalese royal massacre mero kalam. Aishwarya was the daughter of general kendra shumsher jang bahadur rana and shree rajya laxmi devi shah. Yet the new king quickly fell from grace, riding roughshod over. Nepal royal family massacre top 5 mystery behind the nepal king birendra family massacre. The nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1 june 2001, at a house in the grounds of the narayanhity royal palace, then the residence of the nepalese monarchy. Nepals week of horror after the royal massacre the murder of a king and his family by his son, now that regicide has passed out of favour as a method of advancement, must be a profound shock to. The situation for the nepalese monarchy was further destabilised by the 2001 nepalese royal massacre, in which crown prince dipendra reportedly shot and killed ten people, including his father king birendra, and was himself mortally wounded by what was allegedly a selfinflicted gunshot. One more book on the royal massacre in nepal and the mystery. Few notable families capture our attention and affection quite like royal families. Eleven people died in the incident which started when crown prince dipendra allegedly had a dispute with his mother over his choice of bride.
Twelve members of the royal family were killed in a mass shooting during a party or monthly reunion dinner of the royal family in the house. The author does not attempt to explain why the massacre occurred as the perpetrator is. The biggest mistake were doing while talking about royal massacre is taking this as an isolated tragedy and not linking with rest of the events that preceded and follows after. The murder of king birendra, venerated by his subjects as the reincarnation of the hindu god, vishnu, and his wife, queen aishwarya, by their eldest son, crown prince dipendra, plunged this small himalayan kingdom into turmoil. Nepal royal family massacred the king and queen of nepal have been shot dead after the heir to the throne went on the rampage with a gun before turning it on himself. It was reported that the heir to the throne prince dipendra killed nine members of his family and himself during a party or monthly reunion dinner of the royal family but the massacre is full of conspiracies. Buy massacre at the palace book online at low prices in india. As the whole of nepal struggled to come to terms with the senseless slaughter, many refused to believe the truth. The royal massacre of nepal book online at best prices in india on.
A nepalese soldier claiming to be an eyewitness to the 2001 royal palace massacre has said crown prince dipendra, blamed for the ghastly act, was kill. Published june 5th 2002 by miramax books first published may 7th 2002. A survivor of nepals palace massacre today gave the first witnesss account of the royal blood bath, describing how crown prince dipendra, fallingdown drunk, nevertheless managed to navigate his way around a dining hall, shooting family members as he tottered. The doomed royal dynasty of nepal by jonathan gregson. The book has no index, but includes a good selection of photos. Although the main focus is on the massacre of the royal family in 2001, there is also a history of the nepalese royal family from its roots, and also, coinciding. List of books and articles about nepalese history online. On june 1 st, 2001 in narayanhity royal palace, the nepalese royal massacre occurred.
The nepalese royal family prince dipendra, king birendra, prince nirajan, queen aishwarya and princess shruti. The massacre of the nepalese royal family has cast a dark shadow over nepal. Shah goes into some of this in his book, the palace as i saw it. King birendra, queen ashwariya, his sister, his brother and five other members of the royal family were said to. Apr 25, 2017 aishwarya and the massacre of the royal family april 25, 2017 brittani barger 4 queen aishwarya of nepal was born as lady aishwarya rajya laxmi on 7 november 1949 in lazimpat durbar, kathmandu. The royal palace massacre, rumours and the print media in nepal. May 07, 2002 it isnt a dry history book either so i got through it in a few days. Apr 25, 2017 tragedy struck the nepalese royal family on 1 june 2001. Why do all the books on royal massacre of nepal by foreign.
A real event, the slaughter of ten members of the nepalese royal family in 2001, by the crown prince, who then turned his weapon on himself, is the background to this history of nepal. The change narayan temple, located in the bhaktaput district in kathmandu valley, is the oldest hindu temple of nepal and it is famous for housing some of the most exclu. Prince dipendra, king birendra, prince nirajan, queen aishwarya and princess shruti. There are no other books that offer such a plethora of visuals of the royal massacre. Fast forward to june 1, 2001, in the narayanhity royal palace, kathmandu, king birendra shah, the eleventh generation descendant of king prithvi narain shah was having a dinner party with his family. Aishwarya and the massacre of the royal family history. It was the bloodiest, most complete massacre of any royal family ever. Dec 30, 2007 in 2001, when popular king birendra was killed in the royal palace in a midnight massacre along with the rest of the family, nepal remembered the old tale and the fact that the slain king was the ninth descendant. Nepalese royal massacre who is behind this mysterious. While many of us nepalis still cannot believe that crown prince dipendra killed his father the king and several family members including his pregnant sister mother and brother sadly every facts point to that and the talk of raw doing it or other g. The book focuses on crown prince dipendras life, personality, and state of mind on the night he killed his family. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our.
Many nepalese refuse to believe the murders were the act of one man alone. A survivor of nepal s palace massacre today gave the first witnesss account of the royal blood bath, describing how crown prince dipendra, fallingdown drunk, nevertheless managed to navigate his. Ranas mother was from an indian royal family that was considered of a slightly lower caste than nepali royalty. Rage follows massacre of nepal royal family world news. Prince named king, cnn gyanendra to be regent till crown prince is fit, rediff deependra named king, gyanendra regent, times of india nepal shocked by royal family shootings, upi india mourns nepal royal family, cnn. This book is the most comprehensive and accessible englishlanguage onevolume history of nepal. The sino nepalese border treaty of 1961 defined nepals himalayan frontier. Carnage at nepalese royal palace aditya man shrestha ekta books, nepal, 2001, 183 pp rs 500 kay gardeko. After the infamous palace massacre in 2001, in which the crown prince killed his parents following a row over who he should marry, the nepalese mourned the loss of their popular king birendra. It was the bloodiest, most complete massacre of any royal family ever recorded and. The doomed royal dynasty of nepal by jonathan gregson m. Although it took several years, the nepalese royal massacre eventually paved the way for the multiparty system that nepal has today. He went into the friday evening royal family gathering and shot the place up. The heir to the throne, crown prince dipendra, killed nine members of his family and himself during a party or monthly reunion dinner of the royal family in the house.
Economic and political turmoil over the last fifty years came to a climax with the massacre of the royal family in 2001, when the country erupted into civil war. Tragedy in nepal royal family massacred the only hindu kingdom in the world faces an unstable future as the violent death of king birendra and his family rock the nation word spread early in the morning on june 2, 2001, that something very wrong had happened a few hours earlier at narayanhiti royal palace in central kathmandu. Nepalese royal family archives history of royal women. Jun 06, 2001 a nepalese royal astrologer confessed yesterday that the massacre of the royal family in a hail of bullets had been unforeseen. Nepals crown prince murders royal family world news. The dreadful event that left the whole nation stunned, nepalese royal massacre, also called narayanhiti palace massacre, occurred on 1. A movie, assassination of the nepalese royal family, to be. Jan 01, 2012 royal nepal massacre dipendra bir bikram shah dev 27 june 19714 june 2001 part 5. The nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1 june 2001, in the narayanhiti royal palace, then the residence of the nepalese monarchy. But the royal family had a position that the crown price should not marry someone having relatives in india, as devyani did.
The next morning i was listening to the bbc on my shortwave radio. Nepal s royal family is massacred on june 1, 2001, i had what you might call the good luck to be in kathmandu when most of nepal s royal family was massacred. Today marks the 17th anniversary of the nepalese royal massacre, when 10 members of the nepalese royal family were allegedly killed by crown prince dipendra during the annual family dinner, also allegedly due to a dispute about his marriage. The authors visited nepal and interviewed rebels, royals, and palace employees to learn about nepals history, traditions, and the 2001 royal massacre.
The authors visited nepal and interviewed rebels, royals, and palace employees to learn about nepal s history, traditions, and the 2001 royal massacre. Can nepals fragile democracy survive the turmoil that has followed the slaughter of king birendra and nine other members of the royal family. A former nepalese foreign minister has claimed that india and us were involved in the 2001 palace massacre conspiracy that killed king birendra along with most of the royal family. Durbar ko dukhanta, an eyewitness account of the royal. John whelpton, who works as a teacher in hong kong, is an historian and linguist. Political change and public culture in post1990 nepal edited by.
However, the massacre still remains a mystery as the nepalese citizens have not yet got answers to their questions and the nepalese royal massacre would always be an unsolved, mystery as the building tribhuvan sadan, where it took place, was demolished by. Devyani rana the princess of thorns history of royal women. If nepals royal family is to be believed, 30yearold dipendra, the then crown prince, had in one cruel stroke eliminated the king, the queen, his younger brother and at least. Royal massacre of nepal top 5 conspiracy theory vijays blog. In june 2001 a member of nepals royal family, crown prince dipendra, gunned down his parents, the. Who is behind the dreadful event that left the whole nation stunned, nepalese royal massacre havent been found out yet. Buy massacre at the palace book online at low prices in. The shocking massacre of the nepalese royal family 2001. Jun 20, 2007 the brutal massacre of ten members of the nepalese royal family in june 2001 shocked the world, and brought a nation to the brink of destruction. Royal massacre of nepal top 5 conspiracy theory vijay. A 1956 treaty with china recognized chinese sovereignty over tibet and officially terminated the centuryold tibetan tribute to nepal. Durbar ko dukhanta, an eyewitness account of the royal massacre is being published by kitab publishers.
The royal massacre is just one event on a serious of events to destabilize nepal. Crown prince dipendra shot and killed nine members his family. King birendra, queen ashwariya, his sister, his brother and five other members of the royal family were said to have been shot and killed by the crown prince dipendra. Items related to ancient bronzes of nepal buddhist books. In 2001, when popular king birendra was killed in the royal palace in a midnight massacre along with the rest of the family, nepal remembered the old tale and the fact that the slain king was the ninth descendant. The nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1st june 2001 at a house in the grounds of the narayanhiti royal palace. On june 1, 2001, i had what you might call the good luck to be in kathmandu when most of nepals royal family was massacred. A peek inside the palace of nepals last monarchy travel. A movie, assassination of the nepalese royal family, to be made posted on june 8, 2011 june 3, 2014 by anand nepal after 10 years of the royal mishap in which, almost all of the members of the royal family were killed, a movie is going to made on the story. History, news, books and links about the royal family of nepal. Why nepals crown prince went on a killing spree public radio. Royal massacre of nepal the nepalese royal massacre occurred on friday, june 1, 2001, at narayanhiti royal palace, kathmandu the thenresidence of nepalese monarchy.
It sounded like the crown prince might have killed the royal family. The publishing agency made the information public through a press release today. If jonathan gregsons account of nepal s turbulent history is to be believed. Her family was from the former ruling rana dynasty of nepal. Jun 01, 2001 the nepalese royal massacre occurred on 1 june 2001, at a house in the grounds of the narayanhity royal palace, the then residence of the nepalese monarchy. Conspiracy theories are rife, and the palace massacre is feeding a growing maoist revolution amongst the poor and. It was believed crown prince dipendra shot and killed several members of his family and relatives, ten. The official investigation committee blamed crown prince dipendra of having gunned down his father king birendra, his mother queen aishwarya and seven other members of the royal family during a weekly family get together. The crown prince of nepal opened fire on the royal family late last night, shooting dead the king and queen and at least six other relatives, police and military sources said. It was an unfortunate event that shook the entire country.