Word: mahendra
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...despotic Ranas, and Tribhubana was set up as a true king, but the "democratic rule" he promptly proclaimed turned out to be only that of a pack of corrupt politicians. Last month, lying ill in Nice, he formally turned the whole job over to his eldest son, Prince Mahendra...
...Mahendra put aside his plaid sport jacket and made a predawn pilgrimage to the golden-roofed temple of the Lord Pashupatinath to pray to Shiva for guidance while a river of milk flowed over his feet. In the midst of the prayer, a great clap of thunder shattered the silence of Katmandu. Mahendra took it as an omen and promptly fired Nepal's Prime Minister. A democratically-minded young man, Mahendra was outraged by Nepalese politics. "Some people excuse themselves by saying Nepalese democracy is still only in its infancy, but this seems a strange excuse to me," said...
...shaved their heads and donned mourning clothes of unbleached cotton. For 13 days no Nepalese would take salt, eat more than one meal a day, or sleep on anything but straw. As the flames licked at the royal cadaver, thousands of Nepalese set up a mournful wail. But King Mahendra was not present; Nepalese custom demanded that he alone of all his late father's subjects must show no grief...