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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = Indumati Chimanlal Sheth
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|11|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|3|11|1906|11|28|df=y}}
| death_place = Ahmedabad, [[Gujarat]], India
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| occupation = Social worker, independence activist, politician, educationist
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| father = Chimanlal Nagindas Sheth
| mother = Manekba
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (1970)
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'''Indumati Chimanlal Sheth''' (28 November 1906-11 March 1985) was an [[Independence of India|Indian independence]] activist, politician, social worker and educationist from [[Gujarat]]. Born in [[Ahmedabad]] and influenced by [[Mahatma Gandhi]], she participated in the independence movement and later served as a deputy education minister of the [[Bombay State]] and education minister of Gujarat. She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1970 for her social work.

==Biography==

Indumati was born in [[Ahmedabad]] on 28 November 1906 to Manekba and Chimanlal Nagindas Sheth. Her father died in 1908 and had willed his fortune to be used for education which resulted in the establishment of a hostel and a school by her mother. [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] was a cousin of her father. She completed her primary education from the Government School in Ahmedabad. She [[matriculated]] in 1921 with a Chatfield prize awarded to the girl who stood first in the [[Bombay Presidency]]. She graduated in sociology from [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] in 1926 where she was influenced by [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://sureshbjani.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/indumati_sheth/|title=ઇન્દુમતીબેન શેઠ|last=Jani|first=Suresh B.|date=2007-02-19|work=ગુજરાતી પ્રતિભા પરિચય|access-date=2018-11-20|language=gu-IN|trans-title=Indumatiben Sheth}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Mule |first=Balkrishna Madhavlal |date=2006-01-01 |title=શેઠ, ઇન્દુમતી ચીમનલાલ |url=https://gujarativishwakosh.org/%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A0-%E0%AA%87%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A6%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%80-%E0%AA%9A%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B2/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=[[Gujarati Vishwakosh]] |language=gu}}</ref>

She briefly worked as an honorary lecturer at Gujarat Vidyapith. She joined and taught at [[Sheth Chimanlal Nagindas Vidyalaya]] formed from the institutes founded by her mother.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://cnvidyavihar.edu.in/en/about-us/founding-members/|title=Founders|work=C N Vidyavihar|access-date=2018-11-20|language=en-US}}</ref> She participated in the [[non-cooperation movement]] in the 1920s and the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942 for which she was imprisoned by the [[British Raj|British authorities]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeaVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22|title=International Journal of Afro-Asian Studies: Vol.4, No.1|publisher=Universal-Publishers|isbn=978-1-61233-709-8|page=22}}</ref> She had appealed and worked for peace during the riots in Ahmedabad in 1941-42.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Yagnik2011">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivMAUx6Hdl8C&pg=PT262|title=Ahmedabad: From Royal city to Megacity|author=Achyut Yagnik|date=2 February 2011|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-473-5|page=262}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

She established the Sammunnati Trust and Mahila Mudranalaya for uplifting women through education and employment.<ref name=":0" /> She was also a member of Jyotisangh, a foundation for the women empowerment in Ahmedabad.<ref name="Yagnik2011" /> She promoted [[Swadeshi movement|swadeshi]] (local produce) and established Khadi Mandir in Ahmedabad for promotion of [[khadi]] clothes.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4i1aMXriA0sC&pg=PA140|title=Gandhi and the Mass Movements|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri|page=140|id=GGKEY:FUFBH8BBLN9}}</ref><ref name="Desh Gujarat">{{cite web | url=http://deshgujarat.com/2014/10/02/amdavadi-khadi-brand-moralfibre-chosen-for-hollywood-film-costumes/ | title=Amdavadi khadi brand MORALFIBRE chosen for Hollywood film costumes | publisher=Desh Gujarat | date=2 October 2014 | access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> She also founded the Manekba Vinayvihar in [[Adalaj]].<ref name=":2" /> She had served on the committee for the feasibility study of the university in Gujarat.<ref name="M.V.Kamath2016">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=miDiDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT141|title=GANESH VASUDEO MAVALANKAR|author=M.V.Kamath|date=4 September 2016|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=978-81-230-2323-6|page=141}}</ref>

She was associated with Ahmedabad unit of the [[Indian National Congress]]. She was elected as a member of Ahmedabad Municipal School Board in 1937.<ref name="cnna">{{Cite news|url=http://cnvidyavihar.edu.in/about-us/|title=વિદ્યાવિહાર વિશે|work=C N Vidyavihar|access-date=2018-07-01|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180701042501/http://cnvidyavihar.edu.in/about-us/|archive-date=1 July 2018|language=gu|trans-title=About Us - C N Vidyavihar|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1946, she was elected to the [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] unopposed. After independence, she served as the deputy education minister of the [[Bombay State]] from 1952 to 1960.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V3IiAQAAIAAJ|title=The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who's who|publisher=Times of India Press|year=1955|page=316}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> In 1961, she established Vyayam Vidyabhavan for training physical instructors and the first fine arts college of newly founded Gujarat state.<ref name="cnna"/> She also elected from [[Ellis Bridge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ellis Bridge]] constituency in 1962 and served as the Minister of Education, Social Welfare, Prohibition and Excise and Rehabilitation of [[Gujarat]] state from 1962 to 1967.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100489|title=India: A Reference Annual|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|year=1962|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100489/page/n436 410]–411}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name="cnna"/><ref name=":2" /> She was appointed as a member of [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] in 1969.<ref name="cnna"/>

She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1970 by the [[Government of India]] for her social work.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She died on 11 March 1985 in Ahmedabad.<ref name=":2" />

Gujarati writer [[Jhinabhai Desai|Snehrashmi]] had written her biography in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], {{transl|gu|Sanskarmoorti Induben}} (1987).<ref name=":0" />

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