# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pushpaben-mehta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:26:43.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pushpaben-mehta"
name: "Pushpaben Mehta"
slug: "pushpaben-mehta"
description: "Pushpa Janardanrai Mehta, also known as Pushpaben Mehta, was an Indian social worker and politician from Gujarat. She founded and headed several women and child welfare organisations in Ahmedabad and Saurashtra region. She served as the member of legislative assemblies of Saurashtra, Bombay and Gujarat states consecutively from 1952 to 1962. She served as the member of Rajya Sabha from 1966 to 1972. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1956."
tagline: "Indian social worker and politician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/Pushpaben_Mehta_receiving_award_Probable_free_to_use_if_India_gov_pic.jpeg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1905-03-21"
deathDate: "1988-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1219512195121951
  historical:           5.736321333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "पुष्पावती जनार्दनराय मेहता"
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    title: "ਪੁਸ਼ਪਾਬੇਨ ਮਹਿਤਾ"
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    title: "పుష్పబెన్ మెహతా"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump