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'''Zohraben Akbarbhai Chavda''' (1923–1997) was a [[Gandhian]] social reformer and member of the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] from [[Banaskantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banaskantha]].

==Early life==
Zohraben was born on 2 September 1923 in [[Prantij]] town of Gujarat to Jamiyatkhan Ummarkhan Pathan and his wife.<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Chavda, Shrimati Zohraben Akbarbhai|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1455.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|access-date=28 November 2017}}</ref> She did her nursing training course from [[Wardha]].<ref name="SG" />

==Career==
After completing her training, Zohraben began working as a nurse in [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] and later shifted to [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[Sabarmati Ashram]]. On the advise of Gandhi, she and her husband went to [[Sanali]] village with the motive of improving the condition of underprivileged. Here they established an ''ashram'' and taught the children in ''ashramshala''.<ref name="SG" /> She served as the President of the Congress Committee in Banaskantha district and the Chairman of her district's Social Welfare Project.<ref name="LS" />

During the [[1962 Indian general election]] for the [[3rd Lok Sabha]], Zohraben stood and won from [[Banaskantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banaskantha]] on the ticket of [[Indian National Congress]], polling 1,15,931 votes while her nearest rival, a candidate of [[Swatantra Party]] secured 60,975.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1962 to the Third Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_II_LS_62.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=28 November 2017|page=120}}</ref> She and [[Maimoona Sultan]] were the only two Muslim women in the [[3rd Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Falahi|first1=Mumtaz Alam|title=Milli Council to launch mass movement on women reservation|url=http://ns1.imc-usa.org/2009aug03/milli_council_launch_mass_movement_women_reservation.html#.Wh1ldlWWbIV|publisher=TwoCircles.Net|access-date=28 November 2017|date=3 August 2009}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Zohraben married fellow Gandhian Akbarbhai Dalumiyan Chavda at [[Gujarat Vidyapith]] in 1946. She died in 1997 and Akbarbhai followed her the next year.<ref name="SG">{{cite web|title=Gandhians in Post Independence Gujarat|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/59595/12/12_chapter%206.pdf|publisher=[[Shodhganga]]|access-date=28 November 2017}}</ref>

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[[Category:1923 births]]
[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:3rd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Gujarat]]
[[Category:People from Sabarkantha district]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Gandhians]]
[[Category:Indian nurses]]
[[Category:Indian social reformers]]

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