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2 unusual facts about Jivraj Narayan Mehta


Jivraj Narayan Mehta

In the establishment of the Topiwala Nair Municipal Hospital, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Hospital and the Dr. Balabai Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, he played a key role.

He topped the class in his First Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery (the then equivalent of MBBS) examination.


Saurashtra State

But instead the erstwhile Maharaja of Baroda, Pratap Singh Gaekwad declared a full responsible Government on September 4, 1948, under Jivraj Narayan Mehta, as Prime Minister of the State, as per scheme envisioned by Sardar Patel.


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