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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Balwant Singh Mehta<br />
| office = Member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]]<br />
| office1 = Member of [[1st Lok Sabha]]<br />
| image = <br />
| predecessor = Office established<br />
| predecessor1 = Office established<br />
| successor = Office abolished<br />
| constituency = [[Rajputana]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency]]<br />
| birth_date = 8 February 1900<br />
| death_date = 31 January 2003<br />
| alma_mater = [[Fergusson University]]<br />
| spouse = Sugandh Kumari<br />
| successor1 = [[Deenbandhu Parmar]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Balwant Singh Mehta''' (8 February 1900 – 31 January 2003) was an Indian politician and freedom fighter who served as a Member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]] and the [[1st Lok Sabha]] from [[Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203355/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archive-date=4 April 2014 |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (AS IN NOVEMBER, 1949) |url=https://loksabhaph.nic.in/constituent/members.html#RAJASTHAN |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Lok Sabha}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He was born on 8 February 1900<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regarding birth centenary of Shri Balwant Singh Mehta, Member First Lok Sabha. |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/716583/1/436.pdf |website=Digital Parliamentary Library}}</ref> and graduated from [[Fergusson University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who's Who 1950, Parliament of India |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/782468/1/publication_whoswho_eng_pp_1950.pdf |website=Digital Parliamentary Library}}</ref> He married Sugandh Kumari at a very young age.<ref name=":0" /> On 4 October 1938, he was arrested and served one year in jail.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-08-15 |title=A tribute to Master Balwant Singh Mehta |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/a-tribute-to-master-balwant-singh-mehta/ |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Times of India |language=en-US}}</ref> He was the founder of the ''Pratap'' newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Balwant Singh Mehta |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?6910 |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India |language=English}}</ref> He died on 31 January 2003<ref>{{Cite web |title=References Made To The Passing Of Shri Bhubaneswar Bhuyan, A Member Of ... on 27 February, 2003 |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/612033/ |website=India Kanoon}}</ref> at the age of 103.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Gandhi betrayed Iron Man' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gandhi-betrayed-iron-man/articleshow/36618688.cms |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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