Manabendra Shah
Lt. Col. Maharaja Manabendra Shah 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 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, 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.
