Sumant Mehta

Sumant Mehta (1 July 1877 – 15 December 1968) was a physician, independence activist and social worker from 20th-century India. Educated in London, he served as a personal physician of the Gaekwad rulers of Baroda State before entering public life in 1921. Along with his wife Sharda Mehta, he was involved in social and political activities. Sumant Mehta was born in Surat on 1 July 1877 in a Vadnagara Nagar Brahmin family. His father Batukram Shobharam Mehta was a personal physician of the Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State and had studied in England. His mother Dahigauri belonged to Surat. He was a grandson of social reformer Durgaram Mehta and a maternal grandson of Gujarati novelist Nandshankar Mehta.