After the establishment of democracy in 1990, the square became a rallying point for protesters, but the wall itself was demolished by the city government in August 2005, six months after King Gyanendra dismissed the elected government and assumed direct power himself.
Following a February 1, 2005 royal coup by King Gyanendra, Kantipur Publications operated under tighter restrictions.
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The proclamation of a state of emergency on November 26, 2001, by King Gyanendra under the direction of then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba suspended the press freedom guaranteed by the country’s Constitution a decade earlier.
One of his brother Kumar Khadga Bikram Shah was married to one of former King Gyanendra Shah's sister, Princess Sharada Shah.
Princess Prerana Rajya Laxmi Devi Singh (born February 20, 1978) is the only daughter of Gyanendra, the last king of Nepal, and Queen Komal.
Princess Purnika Rajya Laxmi Devi of Nepal (born 7 July 2000) is the eldest daughter of Paras, former Crown Prince of Nepal and former Crown Princess Himani, she is a granddaughter of former King Gyanendra.
Before King Gyanendra was removed from office in 2008, this district center was virtually a royalist island in a republican sea.
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