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On June 1, 2001, the heir to the Nepalese throne, Crown Prince Dipendra, donned military fatigues, armed himself with automatic weapons, walked in on a quiet family gathering, and, without a word, mowed his family down before turning a gun on himself. But Dipendra did not die immediately, and while lying in a coma was declared king. He was now a living god.
Award-winning journalists Amy Willesee and Mark Whittaker set out to understand what could have led to such a devastating tragedy, one that fascinated and appalled the world. Exploring Kathmandu and other parts of the kingdom, they conducted exhaustive interviews with everyone from Maoist guerillas to members and friends of the royal family, gaining insight into the people involved in and the events behind the massacre. At the heart of the story is the love affair between Dipendra and the beautiful aristocrat Devyani Rana, whom he was forbidden to marry. Culminating their portrait of Nepal is a chilling reconstruction of the events of that fatal day.
As conspiracy theories circulate and rebels threaten to topple the monarchy, the future of this small Himalayan kingdom promises to be as tumultuous as its past. Revealing a country where the twenty-first century mingles uneasily with the fourteenth, Love and Death in Kathmandu is both an enlightening portrait of a place that is a world apart and a riveting investigation of an incredible crime.
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Cast of Characters
Nepalese royal family
King Birendra | King of Nepal from 31 Jan 1972 to June 2001; father to Crown Prince Dipendra, Princess Shruti and Prince Nirajan. |
Queen Aishwarya | Married King Birendra in Feb 1970. |
Crown Prince/King Dipendra | Son of King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya; born 27 June 1971. |
Princess Shruti | Dipendras sister; born 15 Oct 1976; married Gorakh Shamsher Rana in May 1997; mother of Surangana and Girwani. |
Prince Nirajan | Dipendras younger brother; born 6 Nov 1978. |
Prince/Regent/King Gyanendra | King Birendras brother; crowned king as a 3-year-old during King Tribhuvans escape to India in 195051; became regent then king following massacre. |
Princess/Queen Komal | Queen Aishwaryas sister; Gyanendras wife. |
Prince/Crown Prince Paras | Gyanendra and Komals son; Dipendras first cousin. |
Princess Prerana | Gyanendra and Komals daughter. |
Princess Himani | Parass wife. |
Prince Dhirendra/Dhirendra Shah | Youngest brother of Birendra and Gyanendra. |
Queen Mother Ratna | Sister of King Mahendras first wife, Indra, became Mahendras second wife; stepmother of Birendra. |
Princess Shanti | Birendras sister. |
Princess Sharada | Birendras sister; married to Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah. |
Princess Shobha | Birendras sister. |
Palace insiders/royal relations
Princess Helen | Wife of Prince Basundhara; mother of Princess Jayanti and Ketaki. |
Gorakh Shamsher Rana | Dipendras brother-in-law; Princess Shrutis husband. |
Princess Ketaki/Ketaki Chester | Granddaughter of King Tribhuvan; daughter of Prince Basundhara and Princess Helen. |
Maheshwar Kumar Singh | Royal in-law; married King Tribhuvans daughter Bimala in 1952. |
Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah | Married to Princess Sharada. |
Rabi Shamsher Rana | Son of Juddha; married King Tribhuvans daughter Tika in 1941; brigadier-general. |
Dr Rajiv Shahi | Dhirendras son-in-law; army doctor. |
Suraj Shamsher Rana | Queen Aishwaryas brother. |
Anju Shamsher Rana | Wife of Suraj Shamsher; cousin of Queen Aishwarya. |
Princess Prekshya | Aishwaryas sister; married to Prince Dhirendra until 1988; died in helicopter crash in 2001. |
Binod Singh | Son of Princess Shanti; the Raja of Bajhang. |
Pramod Singh | Younger son of Princess Shanti; Binods brother. |
Prabhakar Rana | Gyanendras cousin; in charge of royal business interests. |
Krishna | One of Dipendras cousins. |
Kiran | One of Dipendras cousins. |
Shyam | One of Dipendras cousins. |
Tej | One of Dipendras closest friends from school. |
Alan Chester | English helicopter pilot; Ketakis second husband. |
Colonel Sundar Pratap Rana | Palace ADC during Dipendras childhood; later King Birendras senior ADC. |
Bim | ADC; became one of King Birendras senior aides. |
Major Gajendra Bohra | Dipendras ADC. |
Major Raju Karki | Dipendras ADC. |
Ananta Simha | Instructor during Dipendras time at the military academy; major, as Queen Aishwaryas ADC, in 2001. |
Captain Chakra Shah | Queen Mother Ratnas ADC. |
Pawan Khatri | Palace ADC. |
Dr Mangal Raj Joshi | Royal astrologer. |
Mohan Bahadur Pandey | Palace principal press secretary. |
Ramesh Prasad Pandey | Chief royal priest. |
Nayan Raj Pandey | Former royal guru. |
Dr Khagendra Shrestha | Royal physician. |
Dr Bal Kumar K.C. | Dipendras geography tutor. |
Major-General Bharat Simha | Member of royal staff; later ambassador to London and one of Dipendras three guardians. |
Dharmapal Thapa | Undercover history teacher at Budhanilkantha; later commander-in-chief of the army. |
Nepalese history
Jaya Prakash Malla | Eighteenth-century king of Kathmandu. |
Ram Shah | Gorkha king; ancestor of Prithwi Narayan Shah. |
Prithwi Narayan Shah | First Shah king of Nepal (reigned 1768 to 1775); tenth Shah king of Gorkha (from 1742). |
Goraknath | Holy man/guru; foretold of Shah dynastys rule. |
Rana Bahadur Shah | Third Shah king of Nepal (17771806); married Brahmin widow Kantawati; ruled as regent after placing Girvan Yuddha on the throne. |
Sher Bahadur Shah | King Rana Bahadurs half-brother; allegedly murdered his brother. |
Bal Narsingh Kunwar | King Rana Bahadurs bodyguard; killed Sher Bahadur and led 1806 palace massacre; Jang Bahadurs father; ancestor of Birendra, Aishwarya and Devyani. |
Bhimsen Thapa | King Rana Bahadurs adviser; organised 1806 palace massacre; ruled Nepal for 31 years. |
Girvan Yuddha Shah | Fourth Shah king of Nepal (17991816); son of Rana Bahadur and Kantawati. |
Rajendra Shah | Fifth Shah king (18161847). |
Rajya Laxmi | King Rajendras second wife; junior queen. |
Gagan Singh | Junior queen Rajya Laxmis lover; shot dead in Sept 1846. |
Jang Bahadur Kunwar/Rana | Son of Bal Narsingh; began hereditary dictatorship of the Ranas in 1846 after Kot massacre. |
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