Manabendra Shah

Lt. Col. Maharaja Manabendra Shah (26 May 1921 – 5 January 2007) was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha of India.[1] He represented the Tehri Garhwal constituency of Uttarakhand and was a member of the Indian National Congress before joining the Bharatiya Jan Sangh and later the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party. He became one of the BJP's longest-serving members. Shah was ambassador to Ireland from 1980 to 1983. His daughter-in law Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah was elected to Lok Sabha from the same seat in 2012.

Maharaja Manabendra Shah
MP
In office
1957–1971, 1991–2007
Preceded byKamalendumati Shah
Succeeded byVijay Bahuguna
ConstituencyTehri Garhwal
Personal details
Born(1921-05-26)26 May 1921
Tehri, Princely State of Tehri Garhwal, British India (presently New Tehri, Uttarakhand, India)
Died5 January 2007(2007-01-05) (aged 85)
New Delhi
Political partyBJP
SpouseIndira Shandil
Children1 son and 3 daughters
Residences
As of 16 September, 2006
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Shah was also the last ruling Maharaja of the Garhwal Kingdom (1946–1949), when Tehri Garhwal princely state acceded to independent India on 1 August 1949. Maharaja Manabendra Shah studied at Government College, Lahore and ICS Camp, Dehradun (Uttaranchal).[2]

References
  1. "Lok Sabha veterans with a difference". The Times of India. 23 April 2004. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. "Eight times Lok Sabha MP, and last Tehri scion is no more". Hindustan Times. 6 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.


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