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	'''Jayawantiben Mehta''' (20 December 1938 – 7 November 2016) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician. She was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).		'''Jayawantiben Mehta''' (20 December 1938 – 7 November 2016) was an Indian politician. She was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).

	She entered politics in 1962 and was elected as municipal councillor of [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation\|Bombay Municipal Corporation]] in 1968. Subsequently, she was re-elected and served as municipal councillor for 10 years.		She entered politics in 1962 and was elected as municipal councillor of [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation\|Bombay Municipal Corporation]] in 1968. Subsequently, she was re-elected and served as municipal councillor for 10 years.

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jayawantiben Mehta
| image = Jayawantiben Mehta.jpg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1938|12|20}}
| birth_place = [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British Raj|British India]] Present [[Maharashtra]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|11|7|1938|12|20}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation = Politician
| nationality = Indian
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| spouse = Navinchandra Mehta
| children = 1 son and 1 daughter
| website =
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}}
'''Jayawantiben Mehta''' (20 December 1938 – 7 November 2016) was an [[India]]n politician. She was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).

She entered politics in 1962 and was elected as municipal councillor of [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation|Bombay Municipal Corporation]] in 1968. Subsequently, she was re-elected and served as municipal councillor for 10 years.

During the Emergency declared in 1975, she was imprisoned for 19 months. Jayawantiben was elected to the Maharashtra legislative assembly in 1978 and served 2 terms up to 1985 from [[Opera House (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Opera House constituency]].

In 1980, she was made a member of the national executive of the BJP and in 1988, she was made the All India Secretary.

In 1989, she was first elected to the [[Lok Sabha]]. She was subsequently re-elected in 1996 and 1999 and was made a Minister of state for Power in the [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee Government]] from 1999 to 2004.

Jayawantiben served as President of Mahila Morcha of BJP from 1991 to 1995 and as Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party from 1993 to 1995.<ref name="The New Indian Express 2016">{{cite web | title=Former Union minister Jayawantiben Mehta passes away | website=The New Indian Express | date=7 November 2016 | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2016/nov/07/former-union-minister-jayawantiben-mehta-passes-away-1535866.html | accessdate=7 November 2016}}</ref>

She represented the [[Mumbai North East (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Mumbai North East]] constituency in the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 and [[Mumbai South (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Mumbai South]] constituency in the 11th and 13th Lok Sabha in 1996 and 1999.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040402173303/http://jayawantiben.com/ Official website]
* [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=248&lastls=13 Member's Bioprofile]

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