Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah (27 June 1971 – 4 June 2001) was a member of the Nepalese Royal Family, and who briefly became King of Nepal from 1 June to 4 June 2001. As the Crown Prince, he allegedly killed his family at a royal dinner, including the previous King, on 1 June 2001. Dipendra was also mortally wounded by an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot to the side of the head. After the murder of his father, he officially became king for three days ...
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Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah (27 June 1971 – 4 June 2001) was a member of the Nepalese Royal Family, and who briefly became King of Nepal from 1 June to 4 June 2001. As the Crown Prince, he allegedly killed his family at a royal dinner, including the previous King, on 1 June 2001. Dipendra was also mortally wounded by an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot to the side of the head. After the murder of his father, he officially became king for three days as he lingered in a coma.
Dipendra received his early education at Budhanilkantha School, Kathmandu.
He was then educated at Eton College, England. The prince had been disciplined while at Eton for selling alcohol.
After Eton, he attended Tribhuvan University in Nepal and later joined the Military Academy, Kharipati. He studied for his master's degree at Tribhuvan University and was a PhD student in the same University. He was known to have been skilled in karate.
Official reports state that Dipendra assassinated family members because of...
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