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| | rediff.com: King Birendra: A visionary and friend of India: PTI |
 | | Nepal's King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, shot dead by his son, along with his wife and some other royal family members on Friday night, was a visionary who firmly believed in close and cordial relations with India and other South Asian neighbours. |
 | | Born on December 28, 1945 to King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev and Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, Birendra's early education was done at St Joseph's School in Darjeeling, followed by years at Eton College in Britain, the University of Tokyo in Japan and Harvard University of the United States. |
 | | Birendra, who played an active role in the establishment of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation, ascended the throne on January 31, 1972, following the death of his father and ruled Nepal for three decades, first as absolute monarch and from 1990 as constitutional monarch. |
| www.rediff.com /news/2001/jun/02nep.htm (583 words) |
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