Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was King of Nepal from 1955 to 1972. Mahendra was conceived 11 June 1920 to King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah of Nepal. Despite the fact that Tribhuvan was ostensibly ruler since 1911. Mahendra was hostage in Narayanhity Royal Palace, for all intents and purposes a plated confine. In 1940 he wedded Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi,daughter of General Hari Shamsher Rana. They had three children, Birendra, Gyanendra, Dhirendra and three girls Shanti, Sharada, and Shobha. Crown Princess Indra kicked the bucket in 1950. In 1952, Mahendra wedded Indra's more youthful sister, Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi. This marriage delivered no youngsters. In the interim, mainstream discontent and the British withdrawal from India in 1947 had influenced Rana to govern progressively untenable. In 1950 the political circumstance had decayed so far that the individual security of the royals was in question. Tribhuvan and a large portion of his family ran away to India. Open revolt followed and before the year's over the Ranas consented to a coalition government under Tribhuvan in which they shared power similarly with the Nepali Congress Party.
