King Birendra of Nepal

Birendra became King of Nepal following the death of his father, King Mahendra. He inherited a monarchy with absolute powers under the Panchayat system, which he initially maintained.

Following the 1990 People's Movement (Jana Andolan), King Birendra accepted a new constitution that ended the absolute Panchayat system and restored a multiparty parliamentary democracy. He became a constitutional monarch, ceding executive powers to an elected government.

King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya, and seven other royal family members were killed during a dinner at the Narayanhiti Palace. Crown Prince Dipendra was officially named as the perpetrator, though the event remains disputed. The massacre ended Birendra's reign and destabilized the monarchy.