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Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (born 23 August 1950) is a political and social worker, Member of Parliament elected from the Tehri Garhwal constituency in the Indian state of Uttarakhand being a Bhartiya Janata Party Leader and titular queen of erstwhile Tehri Garhwal kingdom which merged to India.

Early life and education

Mala Rajya Laxmi was born on 23 August 1950 at the Thapathali Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 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).

Mala is an Intermediate and studied at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Pune and Ratna Rajya Laxmi College, Kathmandu.

Career

She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in a by-election and is a Member, BJP State Parliamentary Board in Uttarakhand. 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.

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. She is the first woman elected to Lok Sabha from the state since its creation as a separate state on 9 November 2000.

References

1. ^ "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 15th Lok Sabha". Retrieved 9 March 2014.
2. "Rajya Laxmi richest in fray with assets over Rs 180 crore". The Times of India. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
3. "Alarm bells for Congress". The Daily Pioneer. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
4. "Congress suffers setback in LS bypolls". The Deccan Herald. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
5. Rawat, Sandeep (14 October 2012). "Royal family rises again in political firmament". The Tribune. Chandigarh — Dehradun Edition. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

External links

• Uttarakhand: BJP wins Tehri Lok Sabha bypoll
• MP Track Record

v t e Members of the 18th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand
GE 2024	Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah Anil Baluni Ajay Tamta Ajay Bhatt Trivendra Singh Rawat
17th LS members 19th LS membersMembers of the 18th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand
GE 2019	Ajay Bhatt Ajay Tamta Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah Ramesh Pokhriyal Tirath Singh Rawat
16th LS members 18th LS membersMembers of the 17th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand
GE 2014	Ajay Tamta Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri Bhagat Singh Koshyari Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah Ramesh Pokhriyal
15th LS members 17th LS membersMembers of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Uttarakhand
GE 2009	Harish Rawat Karan Chand Singh Baba Pradeep Tamta Satpal Maharaj Vijay Bahuguna (2009–2012)
By-election	Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (2012–2014)
14th LS members 16th LS membersMembers of the 15th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

• People from New Tehri
• India MPs 2009–2014
• Women in Uttarakhand politics
• Living people
• Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand
• 1950 births
• Politicians from Kathmandu
• India MPs 2014–2019
• Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand
• 21st-century Indian women politicians
• India MPs 2019–2024
• Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus alumni
• India MPs 2024–2029