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	'''Lilavati Munshi''' was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician and [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]] essayist. She was a member of the [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] from 1937 to 1946 and the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1952 to 1958 as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. She wrote essays and sketches.		'''Lilavati Munshi''' was an Indian politician and [[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]] essayist. She was a member of the [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] from 1937 to 1946 and the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1952 to 1958 as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. She wrote essays and sketches.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Lilavati was born on 21 May 1899 in a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] [[Jainism\|Jain]] family of Keshavlal.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf\|title=Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952 - 2003\|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]\|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="toi" />		Lilavati was born on 21 May 1899 in a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] [[Jainism\|Jain]] family of Keshavlal.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf\|title=Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952 - 2003\|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]\|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="toi" />

	Since the 1920s, she was associated with the [[Indian independence movement]]. She participated in the [[Salt March\|Salt Satyagraha]] and the [[Civil disobedience movement\|Civil Disobedience Movement]].<ref name="toi" /> She was imprisoned by the British authorities for her activism.<ref name=":20GW">{{Cite book\|title=વીસમી સદીનું ગુજરાતી નારીલેખન\|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]\|year=2005\|isbn=8126020350\|editor-last=Chaudhari\|editor-first=Raghuveer\|editor-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari\|edition=1st\|location=New Delhi\|pages=351\|language=gu\|trans-title=20 Century Women's Writings in Gujarati\|chapter=લેખિકા-પરિચય\|trans-chapter=Introduction of Women Writers\|oclc=70200087\|editor-last2=Dalal\|editor-first2=Anila\|editor-link2=Anila Dalal}}</ref>		Since the 1920s, she was associated with the [[Indian independence movement]]. She participated in the [[Salt March\|Salt Satyagraha]] and the [[Civil disobedience movement\|Civil Disobedience Movement]].<ref name="toi" /> She was imprisoned by the British authorities for her activism.<ref name=":20GW">{{Cite book\|title=વીસમી સદીનું ગુજરાતી નારીલેખન\|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]\|year=2005\|isbn=8126020350\|editor-last=Chaudhari\|editor-first=Raghuveer\|editor-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari\|edition=1st\|location=New Delhi\|pages=351\|language=gu\|trans-title=20 Century Women's Writings in Gujarati\|chapter=લેખિકા-પરિચય\|trans-chapter=Introduction of Women Writers\|oclc=70200087\|editor-last2=Dalal\|editor-first2=Anila\|editor-link2=Anila Dalal}}</ref>

	In the 1950s, she founded the Society for the Prevention of Unhealthy Trends in Motion Pictures in [[Mumbai\|Bombay]]. In 1954, she moved a resolution to prohibit screening of 'undesirable' films and obscene scenes, which was adopted by the House following which the government amended the Cinematograph Act in 1959. Kissing scenes were not uncommon in Indian films till the 1950s; it was largely due to her movement that they vanished.<ref name="toi" />		In the 1950s, she founded the Society for the Prevention of Unhealthy Trends in Motion Pictures in [[Mumbai\|Bombay]]. In 1954, she moved a resolution to prohibit screening of 'undesirable' films and obscene scenes, which was adopted by the House following which the government amended the Cinematograph Act in 1959. Kissing scenes were not uncommon in Indian films till the 1950s; it was largely due to her movement that they vanished.<ref name="toi" />
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	==Literary works==		==Literary works==
	She contributed significantly in the field of character sketches and personal essays. ''Rekhachitro ane Bija Lekho'', a collection of character sketches, was published in 1925. It ~~consist~~ of character sketches of mythical, historical and literary personalities and of contemporary men and women, mostly Gujaratis. ''Vadhu Rekhachitro'' (1935) included some more sketches. ''Kumardevi'', a collection of her essays, was published in 1929. Her short stories and short plays were collected in ''Javan Ni Vate'' (1977). ''Sanchaya'' (1975) is the compilation of articles written by her.~~<ref name=":20GW" />~~<ref name="Datta1989">{{cite book\|author=Amaresh Datta\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: k to navalram\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ur27mKvc_kC\|year=1989\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-81-260-1804-8\|page=2804}}</ref><ref name="Jhaveri1956">{{cite book\|last=Jhaveri\|first=Krishnalal Mohanlal \|author-link=Krishnalal Jhaveri \|title=Further milestones in Gujarāti literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqxHAAAAMAAJ\|year=1956\|edition=2nd\|publisher=Forbes Gujarati Sabha\|location=Mumbai\|pages=347}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Broker\|first=Gulabdas\|url=https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Language%20and%20Literature/chapter_4.pdf\|title=Maharashtra Gazetteers: Language and Literature\|publisher=Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State\|year=1971\|series=Maharashtra State Gazetteers\|location=Mumbai\|pages=370–371\|chapter=Chapter 4: Gujarati\|author-link=Gulabdas Broker}}</ref>		She contributed significantly in the field of character sketches and personal essays. ''Rekhachitro ane Bija Lekho'', a collection of character sketches, was published in 1925. It consists of character sketches of mythical, historical and literary personalities and of contemporary men and women, mostly Gujaratis. ''Vadhu Rekhachitro'' (1935) included some more sketches. ''Kumardevi'', a collection of her essays, was published in 1929. Her short stories and short plays were collected in ''Javan Ni Vate'' (1977). ''Sanchaya'' (1975) is the compilation of articles written by her.<ref name="Datta1989">{{cite book\|author=Amaresh Datta\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: k to navalram\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ur27mKvc_kC\|year=1989\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-81-260-1804-8\|page=2804}}</ref><ref name="Jhaveri1956">{{cite book\|last=Jhaveri\|first=Krishnalal Mohanlal \|author-link=Krishnalal Jhaveri \|title=Further milestones in Gujarāti literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqxHAAAAMAAJ\|year=1956\|edition=2nd\|publisher=Forbes Gujarati Sabha\|location=Mumbai\|pages=347}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=":20GW" /><ref>{{cite book\|last=Broker\|first=Gulabdas\|url=https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Language%20and%20Literature/chapter_4.pdf\|title=Maharashtra Gazetteers: Language and Literature\|publisher=Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State\|year=1971\|series=Maharashtra State Gazetteers\|location=Mumbai\|pages=370–371\|chapter=Chapter 4: Gujarati\|author-link=Gulabdas Broker}}</ref>

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	Her first marriage was ~~with~~ Lalbhai Sheth. After he died in 1926, she married Gujarati writer [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]]. They had two sons and four daughters.~~<ref name=":0" />~~<ref name="toi" /><ref name="Yajnik1933">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8r5ycUQEl-wC&pg=PA267\|title=The Indian Theatre\|author=R. K. Yajnik\|publisher=Haskell House Publishers Ltd\|year=1934\|location=New York\|page=267\|id=GGKEY:WYN7QH8HYJB\|access-date=18 September 2017}}</ref>		Her first marriage was to Lalbhai Sheth. After he died in 1926, she married Gujarati writer [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]]. They had two sons and four daughters.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="Yajnik1933">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8r5ycUQEl-wC&pg=PA267\|title=The Indian Theatre\|author=R. K. Yajnik\|publisher=Haskell House Publishers Ltd\|year=1934\|location=New York\|page=267\|id=GGKEY:WYN7QH8HYJB\|access-date=18 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Lilavati was born on 21 May 1899 in a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] [[Jainism\|Jain]] family of Keshavlal.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf\|title=Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952 - 2003\|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]\|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="toi"></~~ref~~>		Lilavati was born on 21 May 1899 in a [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]] [[Jainism\|Jain]] family of Keshavlal.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf\|title=Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952 - 2003\|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]\|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="toi" />

	Since the 1920s, she was associated with the [[Indian independence movement]]. She participated in the [[Salt March\|Salt Satyagraha]] and the [[Civil disobedience movement\|Civil Disobedience Movement]].<ref name="toi"></~~ref~~> She was imprisoned by the British authorities for her activism.<ref name=":20GW">{{Cite book\|title=વીસમી સદીનું ગુજરાતી નારીલેખન\|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]\|year=2005\|isbn=8126020350\|editor-last=Chaudhari\|editor-first=Raghuveer\|editor-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari\|edition=1st\|location=New Delhi\|pages=351\|language=gu\|trans-title=20 Century Women's Writings in Gujarati\|chapter=લેખિકા-પરિચય\|trans-chapter=Introduction of Women Writers\|oclc=70200087\|editor-last2=Dalal\|editor-first2=Anila\|editor-link2=Anila Dalal}}</ref>		Since the 1920s, she was associated with the [[Indian independence movement]]. She participated in the [[Salt March\|Salt Satyagraha]] and the [[Civil disobedience movement\|Civil Disobedience Movement]].<ref name="toi" /> She was imprisoned by the British authorities for her activism.<ref name=":20GW">{{Cite book\|title=વીસમી સદીનું ગુજરાતી નારીલેખન\|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]\|year=2005\|isbn=8126020350\|editor-last=Chaudhari\|editor-first=Raghuveer\|editor-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari\|edition=1st\|location=New Delhi\|pages=351\|language=gu\|trans-title=20 Century Women's Writings in Gujarati\|chapter=લેખિકા-પરિચય\|trans-chapter=Introduction of Women Writers\|oclc=70200087\|editor-last2=Dalal\|editor-first2=Anila\|editor-link2=Anila Dalal}}</ref>

	In the 1950s, she founded the Society for the Prevention of Unhealthy Trends in Motion Pictures in [[Mumbai\|Bombay]]. In 1954, she moved a resolution to prohibit screening of 'undesirable' films and obscene scenes, which was adopted by the House following which the government amended the Cinematograph Act in 1959. Kissing scenes were not uncommon in Indian films till the 1950s; it was largely due to her movement that they vanished.<ref name="toi"></~~ref~~>		In the 1950s, she founded the Society for the Prevention of Unhealthy Trends in Motion Pictures in [[Mumbai\|Bombay]]. In 1954, she moved a resolution to prohibit screening of 'undesirable' films and obscene scenes, which was adopted by the House following which the government amended the Cinematograph Act in 1959. Kissing scenes were not uncommon in Indian films till the 1950s; it was largely due to her movement that they vanished.<ref name="toi" />

	She was a member of erstwhile [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] from 1937 to 1946. She served as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Parliament of India]] from 3 April 1952 to 2 April 1958 representing [[Bombay State]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="toi">{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarat-woman-gave-censor-the-scissors/articleshow/13015091.cms\|location=[[Ahmedabad]]\|title=Gujarat woman gave censor the scissors\|date=2012-05-06\|first=Saeed\|last=Khan\|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>		She was a member of erstwhile [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] from 1937 to 1946. She served as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Parliament of India]] from 3 April 1952 to 2 April 1958 representing [[Bombay State]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="toi">{{cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarat-woman-gave-censor-the-scissors/articleshow/13015091.cms\|location=[[Ahmedabad]]\|title=Gujarat woman gave censor the scissors\|date=2012-05-06\|first=Saeed\|last=Khan\|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
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	==Literary works==		==Literary works==
	She contributed significantly in the field of character sketches and personal essays. ''Rekhachitro ane Bija Lekho'', a collection of character sketches, was published in 1925. It consist of character sketches of mythical, historical and literary personalities and of contemporary men and women, mostly Gujaratis. ''Vadhu Rekhachitro'' (1935) included some more sketches. ''Kumardevi'', a collection of her essays, was published in 1929. Her short stories and short plays were collected in ''Javan Ni Vate'' (1977). ''Sanchaya'' (1975) is the compilation of articles written by her.<ref name="Datta1989">{{cite book\|author=Amaresh Datta\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: k to navalram\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ur27mKvc_kC\|year=1989\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-81-260-1804-8\|page=2804}}</ref><ref name="Jhaveri1956">{{cite book\|last=Jhaveri\|first=Krishnalal Mohanlal \|author-link=Krishnalal Jhaveri \|title=Further milestones in Gujarāti literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqxHAAAAMAAJ\|year=1956\|edition=2nd\|publisher=Forbes Gujarati Sabha\|location=Mumbai\|pages=347}} {{PD-notice}}</ref~~><ref name=":20GW" /~~><ref>{{cite book\|last=Broker\|first=Gulabdas\|url=https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Language%20and%20Literature/chapter_4.pdf\|title=Maharashtra Gazetteers: Language and Literature\|publisher=Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State\|year=1971\|series=Maharashtra State Gazetteers\|location=Mumbai\|pages=370–371\|chapter=Chapter 4: Gujarati\|author-link=Gulabdas Broker}}</ref>		She contributed significantly in the field of character sketches and personal essays. ''Rekhachitro ane Bija Lekho'', a collection of character sketches, was published in 1925. It consist of character sketches of mythical, historical and literary personalities and of contemporary men and women, mostly Gujaratis. ''Vadhu Rekhachitro'' (1935) included some more sketches. ''Kumardevi'', a collection of her essays, was published in 1929. Her short stories and short plays were collected in ''Javan Ni Vate'' (1977). ''Sanchaya'' (1975) is the compilation of articles written by her.<ref name=":20GW" /><ref name="Datta1989">{{cite book\|author=Amaresh Datta\|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: k to navalram\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ur27mKvc_kC\|year=1989\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-81-260-1804-8\|page=2804}}</ref><ref name="Jhaveri1956">{{cite book\|last=Jhaveri\|first=Krishnalal Mohanlal \|author-link=Krishnalal Jhaveri \|title=Further milestones in Gujarāti literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqxHAAAAMAAJ\|year=1956\|edition=2nd\|publisher=Forbes Gujarati Sabha\|location=Mumbai\|pages=347}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=Broker\|first=Gulabdas\|url=https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Language%20and%20Literature/chapter_4.pdf\|title=Maharashtra Gazetteers: Language and Literature\|publisher=Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State\|year=1971\|series=Maharashtra State Gazetteers\|location=Mumbai\|pages=370–371\|chapter=Chapter 4: Gujarati\|author-link=Gulabdas Broker}}</ref>

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	Her first marriage was with Lalbhai Sheth. After he died in 1926, she married Gujarati writer [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]]. They had two sons and four daughters.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="Yajnik1933">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8r5ycUQEl-wC&pg=PA267\|title=The Indian Theatre\|author=R. K. Yajnik\|publisher=Haskell House Publishers Ltd\|year=1934\|location=New York\|page=267\|id=GGKEY:WYN7QH8HYJB\|access-date=18 September 2017}}</ref~~><ref name=":0" /~~>		Her first marriage was with Lalbhai Sheth. After he died in 1926, she married Gujarati writer [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]]. They had two sons and four daughters.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="toi" /><ref name="Yajnik1933">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8r5ycUQEl-wC&pg=PA267\|title=The Indian Theatre\|author=R. K. Yajnik\|publisher=Haskell House Publishers Ltd\|year=1934\|location=New York\|page=267\|id=GGKEY:WYN7QH8HYJB\|access-date=18 September 2017}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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'''Lilavati Munshi''' was an [[India]]n politician and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] essayist. She was a member of the [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] from 1937 to 1946 and the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1952 to 1958 as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. She wrote essays and sketches.

== Biography ==
Lilavati was born on 21 May 1899 in a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] [[Jainism|Jain]] family of Keshavlal.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf|title=Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952 - 2003|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]]|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="toi"></ref>

Since the 1920s, she was associated with the [[Indian independence movement]]. She participated in the [[Salt March|Salt Satyagraha]] and the [[Civil disobedience movement|Civil Disobedience Movement]].<ref name="toi"></ref> She was imprisoned by the British authorities for her activism.<ref name=":20GW">{{Cite book|title=વીસમી સદીનું ગુજરાતી નારીલેખન|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|year=2005|isbn=8126020350|editor-last=Chaudhari|editor-first=Raghuveer|editor-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari|edition=1st|location=New Delhi|pages=351|language=gu|trans-title=20 Century Women's Writings in Gujarati|chapter=લેખિકા-પરિચય|trans-chapter=Introduction of Women Writers|oclc=70200087|editor-last2=Dalal|editor-first2=Anila|editor-link2=Anila Dalal}}</ref>

In the 1950s, she founded the Society for the Prevention of Unhealthy Trends in Motion Pictures in [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. In 1954, she moved a resolution to prohibit screening of 'undesirable' films and obscene scenes, which was adopted by the House following which the government amended the Cinematograph Act in 1959. Kissing scenes were not uncommon in Indian films till the 1950s; it was largely due to her movement that they vanished.<ref name="toi"></ref>

She was a member of erstwhile [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]] from 1937 to 1946. She served as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Parliament of India]] from 3 April 1952 to 2 April 1958 representing [[Bombay State]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="toi">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarat-woman-gave-censor-the-scissors/articleshow/13015091.cms|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|title=Gujarat woman gave censor the scissors|date=2012-05-06|first=Saeed|last=Khan|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

She died on 20 February 1978.<ref name=":0" />

==Literary works==
She contributed significantly in the field of character sketches and personal essays. ''Rekhachitro ane Bija Lekho'', a collection of character sketches, was published in 1925. It consist of character sketches of mythical, historical and literary personalities and of contemporary men and women, mostly Gujaratis. ''Vadhu Rekhachitro'' (1935) included some more sketches. ''Kumardevi'', a collection of her essays, was published in 1929. Her short stories and short plays were collected in ''Javan Ni Vate'' (1977). ''Sanchaya'' (1975) is the compilation of articles written by her.<ref name="Datta1989">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: k to navalram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ur27mKvc_kC|year=1989|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-1804-8|page=2804}}</ref><ref name="Jhaveri1956">{{cite book|last=Jhaveri|first=Krishnalal Mohanlal |author-link=Krishnalal Jhaveri |title=Further milestones in Gujarāti literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqxHAAAAMAAJ|year=1956|edition=2nd|publisher=Forbes Gujarati Sabha|location=Mumbai|pages=347}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=":20GW" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Broker|first=Gulabdas|url=https://gazetteers.maharashtra.gov.in/cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Language%20and%20Literature/chapter_4.pdf|title=Maharashtra Gazetteers: Language and Literature|publisher=Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State|year=1971|series=Maharashtra State Gazetteers|location=Mumbai|pages=370–371|chapter=Chapter 4: Gujarati|author-link=Gulabdas Broker}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Her first marriage was with Lalbhai Sheth. After he died in 1926, she married Gujarati writer [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi]]. They had two sons and four daughters.<ref name="toi" /><ref name="Yajnik1933">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8r5ycUQEl-wC&pg=PA267|title=The Indian Theatre|author=R. K. Yajnik|publisher=Haskell House Publishers Ltd|year=1934|location=New York|page=267|id=GGKEY:WYN7QH8HYJB|access-date=18 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

== See also ==

* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Lilavati Munshi}}

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[[Category:Gujarati-language writers]]
[[Category:Indian essayists]]
[[Category:Women members of the Rajya Sabha]]
[[Category:People from Mumbai]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian Jains]]
[[Category:Indian women essayists]]