A. G. Mehta

A. G. Mehta (1 February 1927 – 10 March 1969) was a Ugandan member of parliament, barrister and the eldest son of a prominent Indian industrialist.

[9] The conference was also attended by then Governor of Uganda, Sir Frederick Crawford, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Iain Macleod.

[1] The Mehta family were amongst the first multi-millionaires in East Africa with numerous agricultural businesses including the production of cotton and coffee.

[citation needed] Mehta's granddaughter is Maya Asha McDonald, a British art historian and journalist known best for her 2022 op-ed on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

[14][15] A.G. Mehta's role in establishing the first Constitution of Uganda in 1962 is recorded in Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui's 1978 book Political Values and the Educated Class in Africa published by the University of California Press.

Mehta and wife Savita Radia (left) in the city council of Kampala, Uganda , 1968