Kings of Nepal (1768-2008)

List of Kings of Nepal (1768-2008)

Shah dynasty

• Prithvi Narayan Shah (25 September 1768 - 11 January 1775) (ruler of Gorkha from 1743)
• Pratap Singh Shah (11 January 1775 - 17 November 1777)
• Rana Bahadur Shah (17 November 1777 - 23 March 1799) (abdicated)
• Girvan Yudha Bikram Shah (23 March 1799 - 20 November 1816)
• Rajendra Bikram Shah (20 November 1816 - 12 May 1847) (abdicated)
• Surendra Bikram Shah (12 May 1847 - 17 May 1881)
• Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah (17 May 1881 - 11 December 1911)
• Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah (1st reign) (11 December 1911 - 7 November 1950) (in exile in India from 7 November 1950 until 7 January 1951)
• Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1st reign) (7 November 1950 - 7 January 1951)
• Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah (2nd reign) (7 January 1951 - 13 March 1955)
• Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah (14 March 1955 - 31 January 1972)
• Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (31 January 1972 - 1 June 2001) (assassinated in the Nepalese royal massacre)
• Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (1 June 2001 - 4 June 2001) (three days, incapacitated)
• Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (2nd reign) (4 June 2001 - 28 May 2008) (deposed, suspended from 15 January 2007)

Prithvi Narayan Shah was the first ruler of "unified" Nepal. However, prior to 1768, the modern-day Nepal consisted of various small kingdoms, among which Shah Kings continued to rule in a few of them (notably in Gorkha). So the actual history of the Shah dynasty dates much before Prithvi Narayan Shah.