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{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Gigabhai Bhavubhai Gohil
| image = File:Gigabhai Gohil.gif
| caption = गीगाभाई गोहिल
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Khari Village, [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar|Mahuva]], [[Bhavnagar State]], [[British India]]
| residence = Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
| death_date = 3 August 2020 
| death_place = [[Takhteshwar]], [[Bhavnagar]], India
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Bhavnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]]
| term = 1980-1989
| predecessor = [[Jivraj Narayan Mehta]]
| successor = [[Shashibhai Jamod]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| otherparty =
| spouse = Smt. Kuvarba
| children = 5 sons, 2 daughters
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
| year =
| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2738.htm
| native_name = ગીગાભાઈ ભુવાભાઈ ગોહિલ
| citizenship = [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = [[Agriculturist]]
| profession = [[Politician]]
}}

'''Gigabhai Bhavubhai Gohil''' was an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Bhavnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhavnagar]] in [[Gujarat]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Rana2006">{{cite book|author=Mahendra Singh Rana|title=India Votes: Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha Elections 2001-2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yInZdHn-pKoC&pg=PA226|access-date=24 June 2018|year=2006|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-647-6|pages=226–}}</ref><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|access-date=24 June 2018|year=2003|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=168}}</ref><ref name="Sabha1985">{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TOFFAQAAIAAJ|access-date=24 June 2018|year=1985|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=97}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Kolis-are-the-key-in-Bhavnagar-politics/articleshow/603717.cms | title=Kolis are the key in Bhavnagar politics | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Harit Mehta | date=6 April 2004 | access-date=24 June 2018}}</ref> Gohil belongs to [[Gohil]] [[Koli people|Koli]] community of Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pandya|first=Harshida|date=2004-03-25|title=Gujarat BJP chief set for fourth successive term|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/gujarat-bjp-chief-set-for-fourth-successive-term-104032501078_1.html|access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mehta|first=Harit|date=2004-04-06|title=Kolis are the key in Bhavnagar politics {{!}} Ahmedabad News|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/kolis-are-the-key-in-bhavnagar-politics/articleshow/603717.cms|access-date=2021-01-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Gigabhai Gohil started his political career as [[Sarpanch]] of Khari village in [[Mahuva, Bhavnagar|Mahuva]] taluka and later became the president of Bhavnagar district [[Panchayati raj|panchayat]], [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] and [[Minister of State]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Death of congress veterans Gigabhai Gohil|work=Divyabhaskar|url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/veteran-congress-leader-gigabhai-gohil-passed-away-at-the-age-of-92-127579004.html}}</ref>

Gigabhai Gohil took active part in the [[Quit India Movement|Quite India Movement]] in 1942. Gohil also fought against the [[Nawab]] [[Muhammad Mahabat Khan III]] of [[Junagadh State|Junagad State]] to merge it in India and joined the Arzi Hukumat under the banner of [[Indian National Congress]] in 1947.

== Social activities ==
He worked for Uplift of weaker sections of the society; worked for the [[Famine in India|famine]] affected people in [[Bhavnagar district|Bhavnagar]] District, 1972.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2738.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

[[Category:Koli people]]
[[Category:7th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:8th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:People from Bhavnagar]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]

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