Manabendra Shah
Manabendra Shah | |
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MP | |
In office 1957–1971, 1991–2007 | |
Preceded by | Kamalendumati Shah |
Succeeded by | Vijay Bahuguna |
Constituency | Tehri Garhwal |
Personal details | |
Born | Tehri, Princely State of Tehri Garhwal, British India (presently New Tehri, Uttarakhand, India) | 26 May 1921
Died | 5 January 2007 New Delhi | (aged 85)
Political party | BJP |
Spouse(s) | Indira Shandilya |
Children | 1 son and 3 daughters |
Residence |
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As of 16 September, 2006 Source: [1] |
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.
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[]
- ^ "Lok Sabha veterans with a difference". The Times of India. 23 April 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Eight times Lok Sabha MP, and last Tehri scion is no more". Hindustan Times. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
External links[]
- Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
- Genealogy of Tehri Garhwal (princely state) at Queensland University.
- 1921 births
- 2005 deaths
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand
- 14th Lok Sabha members
- People from New Tehri
- 2nd Lok Sabha members
- Ambassadors of India to Ireland
- Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand
- 3rd Lok Sabha members
- 4th Lok Sabha members
- 10th Lok Sabha members
- 11th Lok Sabha members
- 12th Lok Sabha members
- 13th Lok Sabha members
- Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party politician stubs