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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = Sarojini Mehta<br />
|image = Sarojini Mehta circa 1932.jpg<br />
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|caption = Sarojini Mehta circa 1932<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth year|df=yes|1898||}} <br />
|birth_place = <br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1977|||1898||}} <br />
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|father = [[Ramanbhai Nilkanth]]<br />
|mother = [[Vidyagauri Nilkanth]]<br />
|children = <br />
|known_for = [[Social reformer]], educationist and writer<br />
|awards =<br />
|relatives = [[Vinodini Nilkanth]] (sister)<br>[[Sharda Mehta]] (aunt)<br />
}}<br />
'''Sarojini Mehta''' (1898-1977) was a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] short story writer from [[Gujarat]], India.<br />
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She was born in 1898 to [[Ramanbhai Nilkanth]] and [[Vidyagauri Nilkanth]] who were social reformers and writers. She graduated in 1919 and studied sociology in 1923 from [[London School of Economics]]. She served as a superintendent at the Vanita Vishram, [[Ahmedabad]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70200087|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 Writing's in Gujarati|chapter=લેખિકા-પરિચય|trans-chapter=Introduction of Women Writers|oclc=70200087|editor-last2=Dalal|editor-first2=Anila|editor-link2=Anila Dalal}}</ref> She married Nanak Mehta, younger brother of [[Sumant Mehta]].<ref name="Parikh2013">{{cite book|last=Parikh|first=Shailaja Kalelkar|title=Marching to a Different Beat: The Nilkanths of Gujarat|year=2013|publisher=Akshara Prakashan|location=Ahmedabad|isbn=978-93-82255-35-2|page=150}}</ref><br />
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She had written short story collections: ''Ekadashi'' (1935), ''Char Patharani Ma'' (1953) and ''Valata Pani'' (1962). She wrote on society, family, child marriage and position of women in society.<ref name=":1"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]<br />
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