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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 chief executive of the government of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. The chief minister's term ...
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
Bombay Legislative Council Bombay Legislative Council was the legislature of the Bombay Province and later the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Bombay Province in British India and the Indian state of Bombay. History The Indian Councils Act 1861 set up the ...
. He participated in Mahagujarat Movement which demanded separate Gujarat state from
Bombay state Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding S ...
. He was elected to the
Gujarat Legislative Assembly 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 co ...
in 1962 from Mahuva constituency which he held till 1980. He entered in the politics by joining the Praja Samajwadi Party. Later he joined
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(INC). He was in the cabinet of