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The late King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is the tenth<br />
of the line of King Prithbi Narayan Shah, founder of modern<br />
<strong>Nepal</strong>.<br />
Two hundred years have passed since the Shah dynasty<br />
came to power. In between this period<br />
the royal power was<br />
usurped by the Rana Prime Ministers who became the de facto<br />
rulers of <strong>Nepal</strong> for one hundred and four years. Only in 1951<br />
A. D. with the concerted action of late King Tribhuvan Bir<br />
Bikram Shah Dev and his people could the Ranarchy be over<br />
thrown and power was transferred from the last Rana Prime<br />
Minister to the King,<br />
All along its history <strong>Nepal</strong> has been a monrchical state and<br />
all is rulers were autocrats with no constitutional limits on their<br />
power. Though autocrats, most of the rulers must be said to<br />
have been benevolent and only with the coming of democracy<br />
in <strong>Nepal</strong> in 1951 political rights were granted to the people:<br />
After the overthrow of the Elected Government in 2017 B.S.<br />
(I960 A.D.), Panchayat democracy<br />
was introduced under the<br />
able leadership of the late King His Majesty Mahendra Bir<br />
Bikram Shah Dev. It is hoped that the tasks which have re<br />
mained so far incomplete will be completed by his worthy son<br />
and successor the present King His Majesty Birendra Bir Bi<br />
kram Shah Dev.<br />
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