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| name = Akbarbhai Chavda<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1916|4|10|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Parantij, Sabarkantha, Gujarat, India<br />
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| death_date = {{death date|1997|1|21|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Sabarkantha, Gujarat, India<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Banaskantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banaskantha]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
| term1 = 1952–1962<br />
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| successor1 = [[Zohraben Chavda]]<br />
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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| spouse = Zohraben Chavda<br />
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| source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/659.htm<br />
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'''Akbarbhai Dalumiya Chavda''' (born 10 April 1916) was an Indian social worker, Gandhian and politician. He was elected to the 1st and 2nd [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Banaskantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banaskantha]] constituency in [[Gujarat]].<ref name="Sabha2003">{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLZVAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=14 May 2019|year=2003|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=96}}</ref><ref name="PathakParekh1966">{{cite book|author1=Devavrat N. Pathak|author2=Mathuradas Govindji Parekh|author3=Kirtidev Dahyabhai Desai|title=Three general elections in Gujarat: development of a decade, 1952-1962|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0Q5AQAAIAAJ|accessdate=14 May 2019|year=1966|publisher=Gujarat University|page=156}}</ref><ref name="Tribes1953">{{cite book|author=India. Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|title=Report of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MehFAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA13|accessdate=14 May 2019|year=1953|publisher=Manager, Government of India Press|page=13}}</ref> He was succeeded as an MP by his wife Zohraben, who was elected to the 3rd Lok Sabha in 1967.<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Chavda started out with a job in the police department, but watching the Indian freedom struggle inspired him to join and fight for his country. Leaving his job, he became a follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and contributed to the movement across the country, until finally in 1947 India became a free and independent country.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Pioneer Founder – Sarvodaya Ashram Sanali |url=https://www.sanaliashram.com/pioneer-founder/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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Post independence, while traveling in the tribal areas of Danta taluka in 1948-49, he witnessed firsthand, the lack of development - near zero literacy, the predominance of a hunter gatherer lifestyle and the apparent exploitation of the region by the local prince. He took it upon himself to help and started a small school in a hut with five children. His wife Zohraben was his steadfast partner in these endeavours.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
In 1952, Chavda was elected to the 1st Session of the Lok sabha as an MP from [[Banaskantha district|Banaskantha]] district. Despite his duties as a lawmaker, he maintained a close relationship with Sanali, opening an Ayurvedic clinic to tend to the health and welfare of the local tribal people. This was soon followed by the establishment of a primary school in the taluka.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Meanwhile, the government had announced the 1952 Sarvodaya Yojana, a Gandhian plan spearheaded by [[Jayaprakash Narayan|Jaiprakash Narayan]] that sought to address the fields of education, agriculture, village industry and health, focusing on improving the situation of India's most rural citizens.<br />
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He worked in the service of those who needed help, extolling his motto "labor, service, and simplicity". Averse to wealth, he wore simple clothes, didn't own a house and didn't seek financial gain. Chavda was respectfully known as the Gandhiji of Banaskantha, where he served as the District Congress President and as the Chairman of the District Education Committee.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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His Ashram at Sanali still stands and continues his work of education and charity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us – Sarvodaya Ashram Sanali |url=https://www.sanaliashram.com/about-us/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Akbarbhai Chavda died on 21 January 1997.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/659.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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[[Category:India MPs 1952–1957]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat]]<br />
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