Maharajas of Nepal

The Shah Maharajas of Nepal

Name	Succeeds	Reign	Died	Notes
1) Prithvi Narayan		1768-1775	1775	throne of Gorkha 1743; united Nepal
2) Pratap Singh	father	1775-1777	1777
3) Rana Bahadur	father	1777-1799	1805	succeeded at age of 2; mother and uncle as regents; extended kingdom to Garhwal and Kumaon (*here's* Uttarakhand); abdicated; murdered by stepbrother Sher Bahadur
4) Gyurmed Namgyal	father	1717-1733	1733
5) Girvan Yuddha Bikram	father	1799-1816	1816	grandmother and uncle as regents
6) Rajendra	father	1816-1847	1881	succeeded at age 3; queen mother as regent; abdicated
7) Surendra Bikram	father	1847-1881	1881
8) Prithvi Bir Bikram	grandfather	1881-1911	1911	installed nation's water and sanitation systems; names daughter crown princess until brother born
9) Tribhuvan Bir Bikram	father	1911-50, 1951-1955	1955	succeeded at age 5; mother as regent; exiled; ended reign of Ranas as prime ministers
10) Mahendra Bir Birkram	father	1955-1972	1972	constructs Mahendra Highway across entire Terai
11) Birendra Bir Bikram	father	1972-2001	2001	murdered by crown prince in family massacre on June 1
12) Shruti	father	2001		survives massacre; hospitalized for three weeks