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This is a list of last monarchs of Asia.
Nation / territory | Monarch | Title | Birth | Ruled from | Rule ceased | Reason | Death | Arms | |
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Afghanistan | Mohammed Zahir Shah | King of Afghanistan | 15 October 1914 | 8 November 1933 | 17 July 1973 | Deposed | 23 July 2007 | ||
Armenia | Levon V | King of Armenia | 1342 | 1374 | 1375 | Deposed | 29 November 1393 | ||
Burma | Thibaw Min | King of Burma | 1 January 1859 | 1 October 1878 | 29 November 1885 | Deposed | 19 December 1916 | ||
China | Aisin Gioro Puyi | Emperor of China | 7 February 1906 | 2 December 1908 | 12 February 1912 | Abdicated | 17 October 1967 | ||
Ceylon | Elizabeth II | Queen of Ceylon | 21 April 1926 | 6 February 1952 | 22 May 1972 | Republican constitution adopted | 8 September 2022 | ||
Egypt | Fuad II | King of Egypt and the Sudan | 16 January 1952 | 26 July 1952 | 18 June 1953 | Deposed | living | ||
Hejaz | Hussein Bin Ali | King of Hejaz | 1 May 1854 | 10 June 1916 | 3 October 1924 | Deposed | 4 June 1931 | ||
Hong Kong | Elizabeth II | Queen of the United Kingdom | 21 April 1926 | 6 February 1952 | 1 July 1997 | Handover of Hong Kong | 8 September 2022 | ||
India | George VI | Emperor of India King of India | 14 December 1895 | 11 December 1936 | 26 January 1950 | Republican constitution adopted | 6 February 1952 | ||
Indonesia | Juliana | Queen of the Netherlands | 30 April 1909 | 4 September 1948 | 27 December 1949 | Decolonization | 20 March 2004 | ||
Iran | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Shahanshah of Iran | 26 October 1919 | 16 September 1941 | 11 February 1979 | Deposed | 27 July 1980 | ||
Iraq | Faisal II | King of Iraq | 2 May 1935 | 4 April 1939 | 14 July 1958 | Executed | 14 July 1958 | ||
Israel | George VI | King of the United Kingdom | 14 December 1895 | 11 December 1936 | 14 May 1948 | End of the British Mandate | 6 February 1952 | ||
Kartli-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia) | George XII | King of all Georgia, King of all Kartli, Kakheti and all the other lands | 10 November 1746 | 11 January 1798 | 28 December 1800 | Death | 28 December 1800 | ||
Korea | Sunjong | Emperor of Korea | 25 March 1874 | 20 July 1907 | 29 August 1910 | Abdicated | 24 April 1926 | ||
Kurdistan | Mahmud Barzanji | King of Kurdistan | 1878 | 1921 | 1924 | Deposed | 9 October 1956 | ||
Kyrgyzstan | Ormon Khan | Khan of the Kara-Kyrgyz Khanate | 1792 | 1842 | 1854 | Executed | 1854 | ||
Laos | Sisavang Vatthana | King of Laos | 13 November 1907 | 29 October 1959 | 2 December 1975 | Deposed | 13 May 1978 | ||
Maldives | Muhammad Fareed Didi | Sultan of the Maldives | 11 January 1901 | 7 March 1954 | 11 November 1968 | Republican constitution adopted | 27 May 1969 | ||
Manchukuo | Aisin Gioro Puyi | Emperor of Manchukuo | 7 February 1906 | 9 March 1932 | 15 August 1945 | Abdicated | 17 October 1967 | ||
Mongolia | Bogd Khan | Great Khan | 1869 | 1911 | 20 May 1924 | Death | 20 May 1924 | ||
Nepal | Gyanendra | King of Nepal | 7 July 1947 | 4 June 2001 | 28 May 2008 | Republican constitution adopted | living | ||
North Caucasia | Shamil | Imam of Chechnya and Dagestan | 26 June 1797 | 12 September 1834 | 25 August 1859 | Deposed | 4 February 1871 | ||
Pakistan | Elizabeth II | Queen of Pakistan | 21 April 1926 | 6 February 1952 | 23 March 1956 | Republican constitution adopted | 8 September 2022 | ||
Russia | Nicholas II | Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias | 18 May 1868 | 1 November 1894 | 15 March 1917 | Abdicated | 17 July 1918 | ||
Ryukyu | Shō Tai | King of Ryūkyū | 3 August 1843 | 8 June 1848 | 11 March 1879 | Deposed | 19 August 1901 | ||
Sikkim | Palden Thondup Namgyal | Chogyal of Sikkim | 23 May 1923 | 2 December 1963 | 10 April 1975 | Deposed | 29 January 1982 | ||
Singapore | Putra | King of Malaysia | 25 November 1920 | 21 September 1960 | 9 August 1965 | Republican constitution adopted | 16 April 2000 | ||
Syria | Faisal I | King of Syria | 14 January 1861 | 26 November 1919 | 24 July 1920 | Deposed | 8 September 1933 | ||
Tibet | Tenzin Gyatso | Dalai Lama of Tibet | 6 July 1935 | 22 February 1940 | 23 May 1951 | Deposed | living | ||
Turkey | Mehmed VI | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | 14 January 1861 | 3 July 1918 | 1 November 1922 | Monarchy abolished | 16 May 1926 | ||
Vietnam | Bảo Đại | Emperor of Vietnam | 22 October 1913 | 8 January 1926 | 25 August 1945 | Abdicated | 30 July 1997 | ||
Kingdom of Yemen | Muhammad al-Badr | King of the Muttawakilite Kingdom of Yemen | 15 February 1926 | 19 September 1962 | 1 December 1970 | Deposed | 6 August 1996 |
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