Dipendra of Nepal

During a shooting rampage on 1 June 2001, Dipendra fatally shot his parents King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, siblings Prince Nirajan and Princess Shruti, and seven other members of the royal family. Dipendra then shot himself, but survived for three days in a coma. By Nepalese law, Dipendra had automatically become the king upon the death of his father. Upon Dipendra's death, his father's brother Gyanendra became king.

On 1 June 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra opened fire at a house on the grounds of the Narayanhity Royal Palace, the residence of the Nepalese monarchy, where a party was being held. He shot and killed his father, King Birendra, his mother, Queen Aishwarya, and seven other members of the royal family before shooting himself in the head. Because he had killed most of the line of succession, he became king while in a comatose state from the head wound.

His motive for the murders is unknown, but there are various theories. Dipendra desired to marry Devyani Rana, the daughter of an Indian royal family whom he had met in England, but due to her family's lower caste and her father's political alliances, Dipendra's parents objected; he was told that he would have to give up his claim to the throne in order to marry her. Other theories allege that Dipendra was unhappy with the country's shift from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy, and that too much power had been given away following the 1990 People's Movement.

Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah (Nepali: दीपेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह ) (27 June 1971 – 4 June 2001) was briefly the King of Nepal while he was in a coma for three days from 1 to 4 June 2001.