Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah | |
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Member of Parliament for Tehri Garhwal |
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Assumed office 13 Oct. 2012 |
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Preceded by | Vijay Bahuguna |
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Born | Kathmandu, Nepal |
23 August 1950
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]
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