Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Member of Parliament
for Tehri Garhwal
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 October 2012
Preceded byVijay Bahuguna
Personal details
Born (1950-08-23) 23 August 1950 (age 74)
Kathmandu, Nepal
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janta Party
SpouseManujendra Shah Sahib Bahadur
Children1
ResidenceDehradun
ProfessionPolitician, Social Worker

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (born 23 August 1950) is a political and social worker, Member of Parliament elected from the Tehri Garhwal constituency in the Indian state of Uttarakhand being a Bhartiya Janata Party Leader and titular queen of erstwhile Tehri Garhwal kingdom which merged to India.[1][2]

Early life and education

Mala Rajya Laxmi was born on 23 August 1950 at the Thapathali Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal.[citation needed] She married Manujendra Shah Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Tehri Garhwal, on 7 February 1975 and has a daughter, Kshirya Kumari Devi (b. in 1976 in New Delhi).[citation needed]

Mala is an Intermediate and studied at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Pune and Ratna Rajya Laxmi College, Kathmandu.[1]

Career

She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in a by-election and is a Member, BJP State Parliamentary Board in Uttarakhand.[1] She defeated Saket Bahuguna son of Vijay Bahuguna, then chief minister of Uttarakhand and a candidate of Indian National Congress by a margin of over 22,000.[3]

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah is the daughter-in-law of erstwhile Tehri royal family scion Manabendra Shah, who represented the seat in Lok Sabha a record eight times.[4] She is the first woman elected to Lok Sabha from the state since its creation as a separate state on 9 November 2000.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 15th Lok Sabha". Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Rajya Laxmi richest in fray with assets over Rs 180 crore". The Times of India. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Alarm bells for Congress". The Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Congress suffers setback in LS bypolls". The Deccan Herald. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  5. ^ Rawat, Sandeep (14 October 2012). "Royal family rises again in political firmament". The Tribune. Chandigarh — Dehradun Edition. Retrieved 11 June 2013.