Tribhuvan of Nepal

Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज त्रिभुवन वीर विक्रम शाह देव
King Tribhuvan in the 1930s
King of Nepal
Coronation	20 February 1913
Reign	12 December 1911 – 7 November 1950
Predecessor	Prithvi Bikram
Successor	Gyanendra
Reign	18 February 1951 – 13 March 1955
Predecessor	Gyanendra
Successor	Mahendra
Born	(1906-06-30)30 June 1906 Kathmandu, Nepal
Died	13 March 1955(1955-03-13) (aged 48) Zürich, Switzerland
Spouse	Kanti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah Ishwari Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah
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
Nepali	श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज त्रिभुवन वीर विक्रम शाह देव
Dynasty	Shah dynasty
Father	Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah
Mother	Divyeshwari Lakshmi Devi Shah
Religion	Hinduism

Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev (Nepali: श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज त्रिभुवन वीर विक्रम शाह देव), (30 June 1906 – 13 March 1955)^[1][2] was the eighth King of Nepal. 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,^[3] with his mother acting as regent.^[1] At the time of his crowning, the position of monarch was largely ceremonial, with the real governing power residing with the Rana family.^[1]