1. Sharda Mehta was an Indian social worker, proponent of women's education, and a Gujarati writer.
24 Facts About Sharda Mehta
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Sharda Mehta established institutes for women's education and women's welfare.
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Sharda Mehta wrote several essays and an autobiography as well as translated some works.
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Sharda Mehta was born on 26 June 1882 in Ahmedabad.
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Sharda Mehta was the daughter of a judicial officer, Gopilal Manilal Dhruva, and Balaben; a Nagar Brahmin family.
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Sharda Mehta was a maternal great-granddaughter of Bholanath Divetia, a social reformer and poet.
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Sharda Mehta received her primary education at Raibahadur Maganbhai Girl's High School.
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Sharda Mehta later joined Anglo-vernacular classes at the Mahalakshmi Teachers Training College and matriculated in 1897.
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Sharda Mehta received her Bachelor of Arts in Logic and Moral Philosophy in 1901 from Gujarat College.
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Sharda Mehta was a medical student then and four years her senior.
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Sharda Mehta later served as a personal doctor of Gaekwads of Baroda State and as a social worker.
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Sharda Mehta organised a protest against indentured servitude in 1917.
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Sharda Mehta helped Indulal Yagnik in editing Navjivan in 1919.
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Sharda Mehta participated in the Gujarat Kisan Parishad held in Ahmedabad in 1928.
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Sharda Mehta met the Governor of Bombay as a member of the deputation for a settlement of the Bardoli Satyagraha.
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Sharda Mehta picketed in front of the liquor shops during the civil disobedience movement in 1930.
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Sharda Mehta was associated with several educational and women's welfare institutes in Ahmedabad, Baroda, and Bombay during these years, as well as being a member of Baroda Praja Mandal.
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Sharda Mehta was a member of the Ahmedabad Municipality from 1931 to 1935.
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Sharda Mehta established the Vanita Vishram Mahila Vidyalaya in Ahmedabad.
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Sharda Mehta established a college affiliated with SNDT Women's University.
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Sharda Mehta had studied and was deeply influenced by Hindu texts, Sanskrit literature, and the works of Aurobindo, Sukhlal Sanghvi, and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
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Sharda Mehta wrote essays on social issues in dailies and magazines.
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Sharda Mehta wrote Florence Nightingale Nu Jeevancharitra, a biography of English social reformer Florence Nightingale.
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Sharda Mehta died on 13 November 1970 at Vallabh Vidyanagar.