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Balwant Singh Mehta
Office Member of Constituent Assembly of India
Office Member of 1st Lok Sabha






Predecessor Office established
Successor Office abolished
Predecessor Office established
Successor Deenbandhu Parmar
Constituency Rajputana
Constituency Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency
Born 8 February 1900


Died 31 January 2003





Spouse Sugandh Kumari


Alma mater Fergusson University



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.[1][2]

Personal life

He was born on 8 February 1900[3] and graduated from Fergusson University.[4] He married Sugandh Kumari at a very young age.[5] On 4 October 1938, he was arrested and served one year in jail.[5] He was the founder of the Pratap newspaper.[6] He died on 31 January 2003[7] at the age of 103.[8]

References

  1. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA. Election Commission of India.
  2. LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (AS IN NOVEMBER, 1949). Lok Sabha. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  3. Regarding birth centenary of Shri Balwant Singh Mehta, Member First Lok Sabha.. Digital Parliamentary Library.
  4. Who's Who 1950, Parliament of India. Digital Parliamentary Library.
  5. 5.0 5.1 A tribute to Master Balwant Singh Mehta. Times of India(2022-08-15). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  6. Balwant Singh Mehta. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  7. References Made To The Passing Of Shri Bhubaneswar Bhuyan, A Member Of ... on 27 February, 2003. India Kanoon.
  8. 'Gandhi betrayed Iron Man'. The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-12-13.


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