Maharaja Manabendra Shah (26 May 1921- 1 January 2005) was a member of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha

14th Lok Sabha

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 of India

India

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. He represented the Tehri Garhwal

Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency)

Tehri Garhwal , is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Uttarakhand.In the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, the constituency had 1,292,454 eligible voters, of whom 43.44% exercised their franchise. There were twelve candidates. Election was conducted at 1605 polling stations, and 561,428 valid votes...

 constituency of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

 and was a member of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 before joining the Bharatiya Jan Sangh and later the Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

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 (BJP) political party. He became one of the BJP's longest-serving members. Shah was ambassador

Ambassador

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 to Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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 from 1980 to 1983.

Shah was also the last ruling raja

Raja

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 of the Garhwal Kingdom

Garhwal Kingdom

Garhwal Kingdom was a princely state in north-western Uttarakhand, India, ruled by the Panwar dynasty. It was founded in 888 AD and existed until it was annexed by the Gorkhas in 1803...

 (1946–1948), when his Tehri Garhwal princely state acceded to independent India on May 18, 1948.

External links

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
• Genealogy of Tehri Garhwal (princely state) at Queensland University.