In 1924, Mehta married Jivraj Mehta (a common surname in India), the chief medical officer in Baroda. The marriage was regarded as controversial because he was of a lower caste.

Hansa Jivraj Mehta actively participated in India's freedom movement, taking part in activities such as picketing shops selling foreign clothes and liquor, in line with Mahatma Gandhi's advice.

In 1928, Hansa Mehta and Jivraj Mehta, a doctor who had been Baroda’s chief medical officer and was then dean of the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Bombay, decided to get married.

Who Was Hansa Mehta, Honoured by UN Hansa Mehta was a prominent Indian scholar, educator, social reformer and writer. Born on July 3, 1897, Mehta was a champion of women’s rights.

Human Rights Day: Two Indian women Hansa Jivraj Mehta and Lakshmi Menon played a pioneering role in the formulation of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights or UDHR in the mid-40s. On Human ...

United Nations, Mar 8 (PTI) Grammy award-winning Indian-born musician and humanitarian Chandrika Tandon highlighted the lessons of "power and purpose" embodied by iconic Indian reformer Hansa ...

Geneva, Sep 13 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday honoured Indian reformer and educator Hansa Mehta by naming a hall in her memory at the country's Permanent Mission here ...

Dennis Francis, UNGA president, honoured Hansa Mehta on International Day for Women in diplomacy for her pivotal role in revising the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to include gender ...

Human Rights Day: Two Indian women Hansa Jivraj Mehta and Lakshmi Menon played a pioneering role in the formulation of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights or UDHR in the mid-40s. On Human ...