Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 October 2012
Preceded byVijay Bahuguna
ConstituencyTehri Garhwal
Personal details
Born (1950-08-23) 23 August 1950
Kathmandu, Nepal
PartyBharatiya Janta Party
SpouseManujendra Shah Sahib Bahadur
Children1
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][3][4]

Early life and education

Mala Rajya Lakshmi Devi Sahiba was born on 23 August 1950 at the Thapathali Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal. She married Manujendra Shah Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Tehri Garhwal, on 7 February 1975 and has a daughter, Kshirja Kumari Devi Sahiba (b. 16 January 1976 in New Delhi).

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.[5]

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.[6] She is the first woman elected to Lok Sabha from the state since its creation as a separate state on 9 November 2000.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "Tehri Garhwal Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 22 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Tehri Garhwal". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 22 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Alarm bells for Congress". The Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Congress suffers setback in LS bypolls". The Deccan Herald. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Rawat, Sandeep (14 October 2012). "Royal family rises again in political firmament". The Tribune. Chandigarh — Dehradun Edition. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
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