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Ajit Kumar Mehta
Indian politician and freedom fighter
Ajit Kumar Mehta (born 3 February 1932 Fatehpur Bala, Samastipur district (Bihar)) was member of 6th Lok Sabha from Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar State, India. He was elected to 7th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha from Samastipur. Before joining active politics, Mehta was an educationist, working as professor at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra. In his early age, he also worked as an Indian independence activist. Mehta was a member of socialist camp during Indian freedom struggle and had remained an active part of Azad Dasta (a rebel group constituted by Jayprakash Narayan) during Quit India movement.[1][2][3][4]