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Indian politician
Chhabildas Mehta
(4 November 1925 ? 29 November 2008) was an Indian politician and the former
Chief Minister of Gujarat
who served from 1994 to 1995.
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Early life
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Mehta was in born in
Mahuva
, a port town in Gujarat. He left high school in 1942 and participated in
Indian independence movement
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Career
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He became the president of the Mahuva Municipality. Later he was elected as a member of the
Bombay Legislative Council
. He participated in
Mahagujarat Movement
which demanded separate Gujarat state from
Bombay state
. He was elected to the
Gujarat Legislative Assembly
in 1962 from
Mahuva constituency
which he held till 1980.
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He entered in the politics by joining the Praja Samajwadi Party. Later he joined
Indian National Congress
(INC). He was in the cabinet of
Chimanbhai Patel
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
Janata Party
followed by
Janata Dal
. Later he rejoined the INC. In May 2001, he resigned from the INC to join the
Nationalist Congress Party
and contested election but lost. He died on 29 November 2008 in
Ahmedabad
.
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