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Nepal's dethroned king Gyanendra gets first passport
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Kathmandu, Nov 20 (PTI) Nepal's deposed king Gyanendra has for the first time acquired a passport in his name at the age of 64, more than a year after he became a commoner, a Foreign Ministry official said today.
The government issued the passport to Gyanendra Shah, who vacated the royal palace in June 2008, two weeks after the 601-member Constituent Assembly's abolished the monarchy.

"We issue diplomatic passports to all former heads of state and heads of government. So it was normal to issue the former king with a diplomatic passport," said a Foreign Ministry's official.

According to sources, the ministry "received a formal request" recently from the former monarch for the diplomatic document.

Earlier, Gyanendra had no use for the documents during his official visits.

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