Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah (1920–1972) served as the king of Nepal for 17 years, from 1955 to 1972, until his untimely demise, which was later declared to be due to a heart attack. His motto, "Ma Mare pani mero Desh Bachirahos," which translates to "May my country live forever even if I die," shows how patriotic he was and how much he valued Nepal and the Nepali citizens at that time, which almost every leader lacks nowadays. Before the Dehli Accord in 1951, Rana's solely controlled entire Nepal, and the Shahs were just kept for the sake of their name with no executive status. The royal family was mostly held captive during the Rana regime, so Mahendra mostly grew up wandering around the huge and luxurious royal palace of Narayanhiti without seeing much more of outer Nepal. There was a royal trend at that time to attend prestigious schools and universities, but he was home-schooled, yet he had an acute and substantial knowledge of economy, politics, literature, an...