Samaldas Gandhi (1897-1953) was a journalist and Indian independence activist who headed the Aarzi Hakumat or Provisional Government of the erstwhile princely state of Junagadh.

He was also welcome president of the Kathiawar Praja Sammelan held at Azad Maidan in Bombay in June 1947.

A five-member committee called Junagadh Samiti was formed on 15 September 1947 which included Samaldas Gandhi.

Gandhi met V. P. Menon and proposed to form a government-in-exile, the Aarzi Hakumat or Provisional Government of Junagadh State.

On 25 September 1947, the Aarzi Hukumat headed by Samaldas Gandhi was declared in a public meeting at Madhavbagh in Bombay.

Aarzi Hakumat captured 160 villages in forty days, from 30 September to 8 November 1947.

[1] Samaldas Gandhi is widely remembered in Junagadh and Gujarat today as a hero and patriot.