# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ghanshyambhai-c-oza
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:01:06.473Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ghanshyambhai-c-oza"
name: "Ghanshyambhai C. Oza"
slug: "ghanshyambhai-c-oza"
description: "Ghanshyam Chhotalal Oza was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, India from 17 March 1972 to 17 July 1973.\nHe had a B.A. and L.L.B. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saurashtra State from 1948 to 1956. He later became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Bombay state in 1956. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1967 and again from 1971 to 1972. Later, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 10 April 1978 to 9 April 1984. He was a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 1972-74.\nHe was a minister (1952–56) in U. N. Dhebar ministry when 'United State of Kathiawar' was formed. He became M.P. in 1957 when he won Lok Sabha seat from Surendra Nagar.\nIn a very closely contested Loksabha election of Rajkot constituency in 1971, Ghanshyam Oza defeated Minoo Masani of the and became a minister in the cabinet of PM Indira Gandhi."
tagline: "Indian politician (1911-2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Ghanshyam_Oza_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1911-10-25"
deathDate: "2002-07-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           5.078006666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghanshyam_Oza"
    title: "Ghanshyam Oza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جانشيامبهاى سى. اوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ganshyam Bhai Oza"
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    title: "கன்சியாம் ஓசா"
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    title: "ઘનશ્યામભાઈ ઓઝા"
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    title: "घनश्याम ओझा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5555610"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump