Lil_SilenZe, Sorry for hurting your feeling but I have to say this, even though King Birendra was a good human being who loved his country and his country men. However, by no means he was a great leader. Power was always divided among his close allies and member of the royal family throughout his regime. Be that a Queen, Gyanendra, Muma Bhada Maharani or his secretaries, Ranjan Raj Khanal, Narayan Pd. Shrestha or even Sharad Chandra Shah for that matter. The rumor was, he was an alcoholic and he liked spending more times drinking and socializing with his family more than taking care of the country's affairs. Don't get me wrong, when he was young, he tried to do a lot for the country by implementing new education system, he purposed Nepal be a zone of peace and so many other great plans that could have changed the infrastructures of Nepal if they had been implemented well. Nevertheless, towards the end, his health started declining and he started relying on other people to make decisions. To make my long story short, I think he was a great planner and a good human being but not a good leader who could lead our country in thick and thin. Peace out...