# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gijubhai-badheka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:42:36.637Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gijubhai-badheka"
name: "Gijubhai Badheka"
slug: "gijubhai-badheka"
description: "Gijubhai Badheka was an educator who helped to introduce Montessori education methods to India. He is referred to as \"Moochhali Maa\". Badheka was a high court lawyer, however, following the birth of his son in 1923, he developed an interest in childhood development and education. In 1920, Badheka founded the \"Bal Mandir\" pre-primary school. Badheka published a number of works in the field of education including Divaswapna (\"Daydreams\")."
tagline: "Indian Gujarati-language children's writer and educator (1885-1939)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d1/Gijubhai_Badheka.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1885-11-15"
deathDate: "1939-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.8053691275167786
  historical:           4.895034666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.gijubhaibadheka.in/"
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    title: "جيچوبهاى بادهيكا"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump