Kalyanji V. Mehta (1890-1973) was an Indian politician who served as Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 1 May 1960 to 19 August 1960.[1][2][3][4]
He was born into the Leva Patidar caste. His father, Vithalbhai Patel was a policeman and a follower of the Arya Samaj. In 1907, he and his brother Kunverji attended the Indian National Congress session at Surat. In the ensuing Surat Split, the brothers sided with Bal Gangadhar Tilak and rescued him on their shoulders. In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi tasked Kalyanji and Kunverji with enquiring into crop prices for the Kheda Satyagraha of 1918.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Gujarat Legislative Assembly". National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "GUJARAT SPEAKER LIST". Oneindia.
- ^ "Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly". Legal Department, Government of Gujarat.
- ^ Jain, C. K. (1993). The Union and State Legislatures in India. Allied Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7023-339-8.
- ^ Mehta, Shirin M. (1978). "The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928: A Note on Organizations". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 39 (2): 598, 603.
- ^ Mehta, Shirin (1985). "Social Basis of Peasant Consciousness in Gujarat". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 46: 550, 551.