Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

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Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Member of Parliament
for Tehri Garhwal
Assumed office
13 Oct. 2012
Preceded by Vijay Bahuguna
Personal details
Born (1950-08-23) 23 August 1950 (age 73)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janta Party
Spouse(s) Manujendra Shah Sahib Bahadur
Children Kshirya Kumari Devi
Parents Arjun Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (father)
Bindu Devi Rajya Laxmi (mother)
Residence Dehradun
Profession Politician, Social Worker
Religion Hindu

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (born 23 August 1950) is a political and social worker and a Member of Parliament elected from the Tehri Garhwal constituency in the Indian state of Uttarakhand being a Bhartiya Janata Party candidate.[1]

Early life and education

Mala Rajya Laxmi was born on 23 August 1950 at the Thapathali Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal.[2] 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).[3]

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 bye-election and is a Member, BJP State Parliamentary Board in Uttarakhand.[1] She defeated Saket Bahuguna son of Vijay Bahuguna then chief minister of Uttrakhand and a candidate of Indian National Congress by a margin of over 22,000.[4] Mala Raj Laxmi Shah is the daughter-in-law of erstwhile Tehri royal family scion Manabendra Shah, who represented the seat in Lok Sabha for a record eight times.[5] She is the first woman elected to Lok Sabha from the state since its creation as a separate state on 9 November 2000.[6]

References

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