Sumant Mehta (1 July 1877 – 15 December 1968) was a physician, independence activist and social worker from 20th-century India.
Educated in London, he served as a personal physician of the Gaekwad rulers of Baroda State before entering public life in 1921.
Sumant Mehta was born in Surat on 1 July 1877 in a Vadnagara Nagar Brahmin family.
[1] His father Batukram Shobharam Mehta was a personal physician of the Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda State and had studied in England.
[3] Along with Gaekwad, he travelled to China, Japan, Germany, France, England, US and Canada in 1910–11 which broadened his perspectives.
He was influenced by the religious texts and works of Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda and Omar Khayyam.
Influenced by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, he joined the Servants of India Society and decided to spend the rest of his life in public service in 1915.
[1] During his Europe trip, he had met Indian revolutionaries like Madam Cama, Shyamji Krishna Verma and Virendranath Chattopadhyaya.