Following Hindu custom he was officially named Hridayendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev in a ceremony at the Narayanhity Royal Palace eleven days after his birth.
In August 2006, before the monarchy was suspended, the Nepalese government adopted a bill to replace the Agnatic succession law with equal primogeniture.
[6] In July 2007, the Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala repeated calls for the King and Crown Prince to abdicate in favour of Hridayendra[7] though this was rejected by the Maoists.
[1] Prior to the abolition of the monarchy, Hridayendra attended Rupy's International School in Kathmandu with his sisters deposed Princesses Purnika and Kritika.
[10] In July 2008, Hridayendra left Nepal with his mother and sisters to move to Singapore to join his father who had been making arrangements for the family to live in the country.