Contemporary · South Asia · Politics

2001

Nepal royal massacre

June 1, 2001

Crown Prince Dipendra, reportedly drunk and furious over a forbidden marriage, walked into a family billiard room at the Narayanhiti Palace with assault rifles and killed his father, mother, and seven other royals before turning a gun on himself. Nepal's Hindu monarchy never recovered from the carnage, and a Maoist insurgency surged in the vacuum of legitimacy.

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Before and after in South Asia

Before: May 11, 1998: India and Pakistan test nuclear weapons
After: October 8, 2005: Kashmir earthquake

Before and after in Politics

Before: November 7, 2000: Bush v. Gore election limbo
After: January 1, 2002: Euro notes enter pockets

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Dipendra of Nepal