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'''Gokulbhai Daulatram Bhatt''' (born on 19 February 1898 – 6 October 1986) in Hathal (Sirohi) was a freedom fighter and a social worker from [[Rajasthan]] state in [[India]]. He was a member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]] representing [[Bombay State]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Constituent Assembly of India - Volume X |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/vol10p7c.htm |date=14 October 1949 |publisher=[[Parliament of India]] website }}</ref> and chief minister of princely [[Sirohi]] state for a brief period.

He along with seven others founded [[Praja Mandal]] at Sirohi on 22 January 1939 and was an active independence activist from Sirohi and was detained and put in jail for some time by British. After independence he opposed the division of [[Sirohi district]] and handover of [[Mount Abu]] to [[Gujarat]]. As a result of which Mount Abu remained part of Rajasthan, however, some other parts of district were transferred to Gujarat. He fought for empowerment of backward class 

He was awarded [[Padma Bhushan]] award by the [[Government of India]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> and the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] for Constructive Work, in 1982 <ref>{{cite web |title=Jamnalal Bajaj Awards Archive |url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2010 |publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation}}</ref>

He was arrested during the [[The Emergency (India)|emergency]] for his vocal protest of emergency. In the jail he  started [[satyagraha]]  with other satyagrahis and people like Professor Kedar, Ujjwala Arora, [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] and others.<ref>The People Versus Emergency: A Saga of Struggle by Pra. Ga Sahasrabuddhe  , Māṇikacandra Vājapeyī published by Suruchi Prakashan, 1991 - India [https://books.google.com/books?id=390-AAAAIAAJ&q=bhairon+singh+jail+emergency&dq=bhairon+singh+jail+emergency&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IUM9U96eM4rsrAe8pICADA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAw]</ref> He was called as Gandhi of Rajasthan.

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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151128193233/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/vol4p1.htm]
* [http://www.indianngos.com/districts/sirohi_about.htm]
* {{webarchive |date=2012-12-16 |url=https://archive.today/20121216095756/http://www.princelystates.com/Rajputana/rc-02-02x.shtml}}
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[[Category:Administrators in the princely states of India]]
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of British India]]
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