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'''Jayashri Naishadh Raiji''' (1895–1985) was an Indian independence activist, social worker, reformist and politician. She was a member of the [[1st Lok Sabha]] from [[Mumbai South Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bombay Suburban seat]].

==Early life==
Jayashri was born on 26 October 1895 to Sir [[Manubhai Mehta]] in Surat and for her higher studies attended the [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|Baroda College]].<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Raiji, Shrimati Jayashri|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/940.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|access-date=26 November 2017}}</ref>

==Career==
Known for her social work, Raiji became the chairperson of Bombay Presidency Women's Council in 1919. During the [[Non-cooperation movement]] (1930), she participated in the picketing of shops selling foreign goods and was imprisoned by British authorities for six months during the [[Quit India Movement]] (1942).To encourage the adoption of [[Swadeshi movement|swadeshi goods]], she helped organise exhibitions and set up women's co-operative stores.<ref name="LS" />

After India gained independence, she contest the [[Indian general election, 1951–52|first general elections]] from [[Mumbai South Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bombay Suburban constituency]] and became a member of the [[1st Lok Sabha]].<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_11_51_LS.PDF|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=27 November 2017|page=95}}</ref> She was one of founding members of the [[Indian Council for Child Welfare]].<ref>{{cite web|title=They dared to dream...|url=http://www.iccw.co.in/dared_dream.html|publisher=Indian Council for Child Welfare|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> In 1980, she was awarded the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] for Development and Welfare of Women And Children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Smt. Jayashri Raiji|url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/1980/women-and-child-welfare/jayashri-raiji|publisher=[[Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation]]|access-date=26 November 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She was married to N. M. Raiji in 1918 and had four children from him.<ref name="LS" /> She died in 1985.<ref name="Mankekar2002">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2P8pAAAAYAAJ|title=Women Pioneers in India's Renaissance, as I Remember her: Contributions from Eminent women of present-day India|last=Mankekar|first=Kamla|publisher=National Book Trust, India|year=2002|isbn=978-81-237-3766-9|page=ix|author-link=Kamla Mankekar}}</ref>

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