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Events on Friday 1 June 2001 1
2001Nepalese royal massacreCrown prince kills most of the royal familyOn 1 June 2001 Crown Prince Dipendra shot dead King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and other relatives at a palace dinner in Kathmandu before turning a gun on himself. He was briefly proclaimed king while comatose, then died. Birendra's brother Gyanendra took the throne amid public disbelief.