Pushpaben Mehta

She founded and headed several women and child welfare organisations in Ahmedabad and Saurashtra region.She served as the member of legislative assemblies of Saurashtra, Bombay and Gujarat states consecutively from 1952 to 1962.Pushpaben was born on 21 March 1905 to Harprasad Desai, an official of the Junagadh State, and Hetuba in Veraval (now in Gir Somnath district, Gujarat, India).She founded the Vikas Gruh at Saurashtra Society in Ahmedabad in 1937 to shelter those women and make them self-reliant.[1][9][11] Mehta was a cabinet member of the Arzi Hukumat (provisional government) which was instrumental during the annexation of Junagadh in 1947.
Pushpaben Mehta receiving the Jamnalal Bajaj Award , 1983
Jamnalal Bajaj AwardGujaratAhmedabadSaurashtraBombayRajya SabhaPadma BhushanJunagadh StateVeravalGir Somnath districtBhavnagarKarachiB. V. S. Parsi High SchoolBarodaMahatma GandhiIndian independence movementMridula SarabhaiRajendra PrasadPresident of IndiaHalvadWadhwanRajkotJunagadhAmreliJamnagarMaldhari peopleannexation of JunagadhCongress (O)Gujarati Vishwakosh