On the night of 1 June 2001, at a monthly family dinner in Narayanhiti Palace, Crown Prince Dipendra allegedly opened fire — killing King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya, Prince Nirajan, Princess Shruti and five others, and mortally wounding himself. In a constitutional surrealism unique to Nepal, the comatose Dipendra was declared king; he died on 4 June, and his uncle Gyanendra (ज्ञानेन्द्र) ascended. The official two-man investigation (Chief Justice Upadhyaya and Speaker Ranabhat, report of 14 June 2001) found no external conspiracy — but conspiracy theories have never stopped, and the burning questions around that night remain part of Nepalese memory.१ जुन २००१ को रात नारायणहिटी दरबारमा युवराज दीपेन्द्रले गोली चलाए — राजा वीरेन्द्र, रानी ऐश्वर्या, युवराज निराजन र अरू पाँच जना मारिए। अचेत अवस्थामा दीपेन्द्रलाई राजा घोषित गरियो; उनी ४ जुनलाई मरे र ज्ञानेन्द्र राजा भए। आधिकारिक छानविनले बाहिरी षड्यन्त्र भेटेन — तर शंकाहरू कहिल्यै थामिएनन्।[1][2]
Gyanendra's Gamble — 1 February 2005ज्ञानेन्द्रको दाउ — १ फेब्रुअरी २००५
Gyanendra ruled through appointed premiers until, on 1 February 2005, he dismissed the government, took executive power himself as chair of the Council of Ministers, cut the telecoms, censored the media — soldiers in newsrooms — and arrested hundreds of politicians. The response unified everyone he had marginalized: the Seven-Party Alliance (सात दलीय गठबन्धन) formed, and on 22 November 2005 it signed the 12-point understanding with the Maoists in New Delhi — the war would end, and a Constituent Assembly would decide everything, including the monarchy.ज्ञानेन्द्रले नियुक्त प्रधानमन्त्रीमार्फत शासन गर्दै थिए — जब १ फेब्रुअरी २००५ मा सरकार भंग गरे, दूरसञ्चार काटे, सैनिकलाई समाचार-कोठामा बसाले र सयौं राजनीतिज्ञ जेल हाले। उत्तर: सात दलको गठबन्धन र माओवादीसँग १२ बुँदे समझदारी (२२ नोभेम्बर २००५)।
The Loktantra Andolan — April 2006लोकतन्त्र आन्दोलन — अप्रिल २००६
The People's Movement II began on 4–6 April 2006 and ran nineteen days: nationwide general strikes with Maoist participation, at least 19–23 protesters killed, night curfews in Kathmandu. On the night of 24 April 2006, King Gyanendra reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives. Power then flowed — parliament stripped the palace's prerogatives, the Maoists declared a ceasefire, and on 21 November 2006 the Comprehensive Peace Accord (विस्तृत शान्ति सम्झौता) was signed by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Chairman Prachanda: ceasefire, truth commission, Constituent Assembly elections, and the integration of two armies.लोकतन्त्र आन्दोलन अप्रिल २००६ मा उन्नाइस दिन चल्यो: कम्तीमा १९–२३ प्रदर्शनकारी मारिए। २४ अप्रिलको मध्यरातमा ज्ञानेन्द्रले भंग प्रतिनिधिसभा बहाल गरे। २१ नोभेम्बर २००६ मा विस्तृत शान्ति सम्झौता हस्ताक्षरित भयो — गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला र प्रचण्डबीच।
The Republic — 28 May 2008गणतन्त्र — जेठ १५, २०६५
In between came the Madhes movement of January–February 2007 (sparked at Lahan, where Ramesh Mahato was killed; ~21+ dead), which forced constitutional amendments and reshaped the CA's electoral system. The Constituent Assembly election finally ran on 10 April 2008 — the Maoists won the largest bloc (220 of 575 elected seats). And on 28 May 2008 (जेठ १५, २०६५), at its first session, the Assembly voted 560–4 to declare Nepal a Federal Democratic Republic. The 240-year-old Shah dynasty ended not with a sword or a siege — but with a vote.बीचमा मधेस आन्दोलन (जनवरी-फेब्रुअरी २००७) आयो। १० अप्रिल २००८ मा संविधानसभा निर्वाचन भयो — माओवादी ठूलो दल बने। र जेठ १५, २०६५ मा ५६० भन्दा ४ ले नेपाल संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र घोषित भयो — २४० वर्षे राजतन्त्र मतदानले समाप्त भयो।