Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah | |
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Tehri Garhwal | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Vijay Bahuguna |
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| Born | 23 August 1950 Social Worker |
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (born 23 August 1950) is a political and social worker,
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
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
- ^ a b c "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 15th Lok Sabha". Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Rajya Laxmi richest in fray with assets over Rs 180 crore". The Times of India. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Alarm bells for Congress". The Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ "Congress suffers setback in LS bypolls". The Deccan Herald. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ 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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