Tribhuvan of Nepal

Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Tribhuvan in the 1930s
King of Nepal
Coronation20 February 1913
Reign12 December 1911 – 7 November 1950
PredecessorPrithvi Bir Bikram Shah
SuccessorGyanendra
Reign18 February 1951 – 13 March 1955
PredecessorGyanendra
Successor Mahendra
Born(1906-06-30)30 June 1906
Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal
Died13 March 1955(1955-03-13) (aged 48)
Zürich, Switzerland
Spouse1st consort-Queen Kanti
2nd consort-Queen Ishwari
Issue
(among others)
King Mahendra
Prince Himalaya
Prince Basundhara
Princess Trilokya
Princess Nalini
Princess Vijaya
Princess Bharati
Regnal name
Shree Paanch Maharajadhiraj Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Nepaliश्री ५ महाराजाधिराज त्रिभुवन वीर विक्रम शाह देव
DynastyShah dynasty
FatherKing Prithvi Bir Bikram
MotherDivyeshwari Lakshmi Devi Shah
ReligionHinduism

Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev (30 June 1906 – 13 March 1955) was King of Nepal from 1911 until his death in 1955, excluding a brief period of exile between November 1950 and January 1951.

Born in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, he ascended to the throne at the age of five, upon the death of his father, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, and was crowned on 20 February 1913 at the Nasal Chowk, Hanuman Dhoka Palace in Kathmandu, with his mother acting as regent. At the time of his coronation, the position of monarch was largely ceremonial, with the Rana dynasty exercising de facto power.