# Nepalese royal massacre

_Event on 1 June 2001 in Kathmandu, Nepal in which Crown Prince Dipendra killed most of the royal family (including King Birendra and himself) with a gun_

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Last updated: 2026-10-02

> The Nepalese royal massacre was a mass shooting which occurred on 1 June 2001 at the Narayanhiti Palace, the then-residence of the Nepali monarchy, resulting in the deaths of nine members of the royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya. A government-appointed inquiry team named Crown Prince Dipendra as the perpetrator of the massacre. Dipendra was declared king following the death of his parents but was comatose after shooting himself at the scene; he died in a hospital three days later without regaining consciousness. He was succeeded by Gyanendra, his paternal uncle and Birendra's younger brother.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** mass murder; murder–suicide; regicide ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487163#P31))
- **Coordinates:** 27.7156, 85.3200

## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Nepalese royal massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese_royal_massacre) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): दरवार हत्याकाण्ड](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q487163](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487163) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Narayanhiti Palace Museum, crop.jpg by Suraj Belbase (CC BY-SA 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narayanhiti_Palace_Museum,_crop.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Nepalese royal massacre, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Narayanhiti Palace Museum, crop.jpg — Suraj Belbase, CC BY-SA 4.0.

## Cite this page

"Nepalese royal massacre". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/nepalese-royal-massacre. Retrieved 21 October 2026.