Jayashri Naishadh Raiji (1895–1985) was an Indian independence activist, social worker, reformist and politician.
Jayashri was born on 26 October 1895 to Sir Manubhai Mehta in Surat and for her higher studies attended the Baroda College.
[1] Known for her social work, Raiji became the chairperson of Bombay Presidency Women's Council in 1919.
During the Non-cooperation movement (1930), she participated in the picketing of shops selling foreign goods and was imprisoned by British authorities for six months during the Quit India Movement (1942).To encourage the adoption of swadeshi goods, she helped organise exhibitions and set up women's co-operative stores.
[1] After India gained independence, she contest the first general elections from Bombay Suburban constituency and became a member of the 1st Lok Sabha.