Balwant Singh Mehta Explained

Balwant Singh Mehta
Office:	Member of Constituent Assembly of India
Office1:	Member of 1st Lok Sabha
Predecessor:	Office established
Predecessor1:	Office established
Successor:	Office abolished
Constituency:	Rajputana
Constituency1:	Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency
Birth Date:	8 February 1900
Death Date:	31 January 2003
Alma Mater:	Fergusson University
Spouse:	Sugandh Kumari
Successor1:	Deenbandhu Parmar

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. 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203355/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF . 4 April 2014 . Election Commission of India.
2. Web site: LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (AS IN NOVEMBER, 1949) . 2022-12-13 . Lok Sabha.
3. Web site: Regarding birth centenary of Shri Balwant Singh Mehta, Member First Lok Sabha. . Digital Parliamentary Library.
4. Web site: Who's Who 1950, Parliament of India . Digital Parliamentary Library.
5. Web site: 2022-08-15 . A tribute to Master Balwant Singh Mehta . 2022-12-13 . Times of India . en-US.
6. Web site: Balwant Singh Mehta . 2022-12-13 . Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India . English.
7. Web site: References Made To The Passing Of Shri Bhubaneswar Bhuyan, A Member Of ... on 27 February, 2003 . India Kanoon.
8. Web site: 'Gandhi betrayed Iron Man' . 2022-12-13 . The Times of India . en.