Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah – BJP Member of Parliament from Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand Total Net Worth 166 Crore

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
Member of Parliament for Tehri Garhwal
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 Oct. 2012
Preceded by	Vijay Bahuguna
Personal details
Born	August 23, 1950 (age 65) Kathmandu, Nepal
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Spouse(s)	Manujendra Shah Sahib Bahadur
Children	Kshirya Kumari Devi
Parents	Arjun Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (father) Bindu Devi Rajya Laxmi (mother)
Residence	Dehradun
Profession	Politician, Social Worker
Religion	Hindu

Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah (born August 23, 1950) is a political and social worker and a Member of Parliament elected from the Tehri Garhwal constituency in the Indian state of Uttarakhand being a Bhartiya Janata Party candidate.^[1]

Contents

• 1 Early life and education
• 2 Career
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Early life and education

Mala Rajya Laxmi was born on August 23, 1950 at the Thapathali Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal.^[2] She married Manujendra Shah Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Tehri Garhwal, on February 7, 1975 and has a daughter, Kshirya Kumari Devi (b. in 1976 in New Delhi).^[3]
Mala is an Intermediate and studied at Convent of Jesus and Mary, Pune and Ratna Rajya Laxmi College, Kathmandu.^[1]

Career

She was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in a bye-election and is a Member, BJP State Parliamentary Board in Uttarakhand.^[1] She defeated Saket Bahuguna son of Vijay Bahuguna then chief minister of Uttrakhand and a candidate of Indian National Congress by a margin of over 22,000.^[4] Mala Raj Laxmi Shah is the daughter-in-law of erstwhile Tehri royal family scion Manabendra Shah, who represented the seat in Lok Sabha for a record eight times.^[5] She is the first woman elected to Lok Sabha from the state since its creation as a separate state on 9 November 2000.^[6]