Manabendra Shah

Maharaja Manabendra Shah
Maharaja Manabendra Shah
MP
	In office; 1957–1971, 1991–2007
Preceded by	Kamalendumati Shah
Succeeded by	Vijay Bahuguna
Constituency	Tehri Garhwal
Personal details
Born	26 May 1921; Tehri, Princely State of Tehri Garhwal, British India (presently New Tehri, Uttarakhand, India)
Died	5 January 2007 (aged 85); New Delhi
Political party	BJP
Spouse(s)	Indira Shandil
Children	1 son and 3 daughters
Residence	Tehri Garhwal Palace, Tehri; Narendranagar Palace, Narendranagar; Tehri Garhwal House, New Delhi;
	As of 16 September, 2006; Source: [1]

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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[edit]

↑ "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.
↑ "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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[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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v t e Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand
GE 1999	Bachi Singh Rawat Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Harpal Singh Sathi Manabendra Shah Narayan Datt Tiwari (1999–2002)
By-election	Mahendra Singh Pal (2002–2004)
14th LS members Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY

v t e Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand
GE 2004	Bachi Singh Rawat Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2004–2008) Karan Chand Singh Baba Manabendra Shah (2004–2007) Rajendra Kumar Badi
By-election	Tejpal Singh Rawat (2008–2009) Vijay Bahuguna (2007–2009)
13th LS members 15th LS members Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY