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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| name = Chhabildas Mehta<br />
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| birth_date = 4 November 1925<br />
| birth_place = [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar|Mahuva]], [[Bhavnagar State]], [[British India]]<br />
| residence = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = 29 November 2008 (aged 83)<br />
| death_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<br />
| constituency = Mahuva, Bhavnagar<br />
| term_start =17 February 1994 <br />
| term_end =14 March 1995<br />
| order= 9th [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Chimanbhai Patel]]<br />
| successor = [[Keshubhai Patel]]<br />
| party =[[Praja Samajwadi Party]]<br />
|otherparty =<br> [[Indian National Congress]]<br> [[Janata Party]]<br>[[Janata Dal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/former-cm-chhabildas-mehta-passes-away/articleshow/3774243.cms | title=Former CM Chhabildas Mehta passes away | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | date=30 November 2008 | accessdate=7 September 2021}}</ref><br>[[Nationalist Congress Party]]<br />
| spouse = Krishna Chhabildas Mehta<br />
| children = 5<br />
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'''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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/gujarat/chief-ministers.html | title=List of Chief Ministers (CM) of Gujarat | publisher=Maps of India | accessdate=5 September 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Mehta was in born in [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar|Mahuva]], a port town in Gujarat. He left high school in 1942 and participated in [[Indian independence movement]].<ref name=am>{{cite news|url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/200811302008113002035856958c89e73/State%E2%80%99s-exchief-minister-Chhabildas-Mehta-dies.html|work=Ahmedabad Mirror|date=30 November 2008|access-date=5 January 2014|title=State's ex-chief minister Chhabildas Mehta dies|last=Mehta|first=Ojas|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040849/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/200811302008113002035856958c89e73/State%E2%80%99s-exchief-minister-Chhabildas-Mehta-dies.html|archive-date=6 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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, Bhavnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahuva constituency]] which he held till 1980.<ref name=am/><br />
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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]].<ref name=am/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://deshgujarat.com/2008/11/29/former-gujarat-chief-minister-chhabildas-mehta-dead/|title= Former Gujarat Chief Minister Chhabildas Mehta dead|date=29 November 2008|access-date =5 January 2014|work=deshgujarat.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/19950131-people-are-fed-up-of-bjp-corruption-chhabildas-mehta-808345-1995-01-31|title=People are fed up of BJP's corruption: Chhabildas Mehta|last=Bhatt|first=Sheela|date=1955-01-31|website=India Today|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909184923/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/19950131-people-are-fed-up-of-bjp-corruption-chhabildas-mehta-808345-1995-01-31 |archive-date=9 September 2020 |access-date=2020-04-01}}</ref><br />
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