Chhabildas Mehta (4 November 1925 – 29 November 2008) was an Indian politician and the former

Chief Minister of Gujarat The chief minister of Gujarat is the head of government, chief executive of the government of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose Cabinet (government), council of ministers are Cabinet collective respons ...

who served from 1994 to 1995.

Early life

Mehta was in born in Mahuva, a port town in Gujarat. He left high school in 1942 and participated in

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Career

He became the president of the Mahuva Municipality. Later he was elected as a member of the

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. He participated in Mahagujarat Movement which demanded separate Gujarat state from

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. He was elected to the

Gujarat Legislative Assembly The Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member ...

in 1962 from Mahuva constituency which he held till 1980. He entered in the politics by joining the Praja Samajwadi Party. Later he joined

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(INC). He was in the cabinet of

Chimanbhai Patel Chimanbhai Patel (3 June 1929 – 17 February 1994) was an Indian politician associated with Indian National Congress and Janata Dal, and a former Chief Minister of Gujarat state in India representing both those parties at various times. Pate ...

as Finance Minister and he had been made Chief Minister of Gujarat after the sudden death of Chimanbhai Patel in 1994. He had joined the

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followed by

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. Later he rejoined the INC. In May 2001, he resigned from the INC to join the

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and contested election but lost. He died on 29 November 2008 in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...

References

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