Royal coup d'état successful A coup d'état in Nepal began on 1 February, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the Nepali Congress were deposed by Gyanendra, King of Nepal.

The parliament was reinstated in 2006, when the king agreed to give up absolute power following the 2006 revolution.

[1] Gyanendra then took complete control for the second time, on 1 February 2005, after dismissing Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's government for failing to make arrangements for parliamentary elections and being unable to restore peace in the country, which was then in the midst of a civil war led by Maoist insurgents.

[14] On 1 February when King Gyanendra declared a state of emergency and dissolved the parliament of Nepal.

[3][15][16] The members of parliament were put under house arrest, "key constitutional rights were suspended, soldiers enforced complete censorship, and communications were cut".