Manabendra Shah, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian politician
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Place of Birth: Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India
About Manabendra Shah
- 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.
- 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 raja of the Garhwal Kingdom (1946–1949), when his Tehri Garhwal princely state acceded to independent India on 1 August 1949.
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