Sumant B MehtaSumant Batukram Mehta was born in 1877 in Surat in British India and grew up in the princely state of Baroda. He went to Grant Medical College in Mumbai, transferred to Manchester Medical School and returned to Baroda in 1902 as a surgeon after almos five years in Britain. As a physician assigned to Sayajirao Gaekwad he traveled extensively with the maharaja. After retiring from Baroda State service in 1921 he devoted his life to promoting public education and hygiene. In 1929 he moved to Ahmedabad, and two years later was imprisoned for a year by the government for advocating the boycott of foreign goods, prohibition of drinking, and independence. He died in 1968. Read More Read Less