Jivraj Narayan Mehta
Jivraj Narayan Mehta was born in Amreli, Gujarat, India on August 29th, 1887 and is the Indian Politician. At the age of 91, Jivraj Narayan Mehta biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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He was briefly the personal doctor to Mahatma Gandhi after returning to India and joined the independence movement.
He was twice incarcerated (1938 and 1942) by the British government for his role in Gandhi's Satyagraha movement. After independence in 1947, he held various public offices. He served as the first "Dewan" (Prime Minister) of the erstwhile Baroda state in free India sworn-in on 4 September 1948, director general of health services and secretary to the ministry of health in the central government during the partition period, minister of public works, finance, industry and prohibition for the then Bombay state.
He was the first chief minister of the newly formed Gujarat state from April 1960 to September 1963. Later he also served as the Indian high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1966.