Sir Pherozeshah Merwanjee Mehta (4 August 1845 – 5 November 1915) was an Indian politician and lawyer from Bombay.

[1] Mehta was one of the founding members and President of the Indian National Congress in 1890 held at Calcutta.

Here, he met and began association with fellow Indian barristers Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee and Badruddin Tyabji.

[4] The same year, he returned to India, was admitted to the bar, and soon established a practice for himself in a profession then dominated by British lawyers.

A portrait of Pherozeshah Mehta at the Indian Parliament House, shows his importance in the making of the nation.

In Mehta's lifetime, few Indians had discussed or embraced the idea of full political independence from Britain.