{{Short description|Indian writer (1898-1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox person |name = Sarojini Mehta |image = Sarojini Mehta circa 1932.jpg |image_size = |caption = Sarojini Mehta circa 1932 |birth_date = 1898 <!--{{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes}}--> |birth_place = |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1977|||1898||}} |death_place = |other_names = |father = Ramanbhai Nilkanth |mother = Vidyagauri Nilkanth |children = |known_for = Social reformer, educationist and writer |awards = |relatives = Vinodini Nilkanth (sister)<br>Sharda Mehta (aunt) }} '''Sarojini Mehta''' (1898-1977) was a Gujarati short story writer from Gujarat, India.

== Early life == She was born in 1898 to Ramanbhai Nilkanth and Vidyagauri Nilkanth, who were social reformers and writers. She graduated in 1919 and studied sociology in 1923 at the London School of Economics. She served as a superintendent at the Vanita Vishram, Ahmedabad.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=વીસમી સદીનું ગુજરાતી નારીલેખન|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=2005|isbn=8126020350|editor-last=Chaudhari|editor-first=Raghuveer|editor-link=Raghuveer Chaudhari|edition=1st|location=New Delhi|pages=351|language=gu|trans-title=20 Century Women's Writing's in Gujarati|chapter=લેખિકા-પરિચય|trans-chapter=Introduction of Women Writers|oclc=70200087|editor-last2=Dalal|editor-first2=Anila|editor-link2=Anila Dalal}}</ref> She married Nanak Mehta, younger brother of Sumant Mehta.<ref name="Parikh2013">{{cite book|last=Parikh|first=Shailaja Kalelkar|title=Marching to a Different Beat: The Nilkanths of Gujarat|year=2013|publisher=Akshara Prakashan|location=Ahmedabad|isbn=978-93-82255-35-2|page=150}}</ref>

She wrote the short story collections: ''Ekadashi'' (1935), ''Char Patharani Ma'' (1953) and ''Valata Pani'' (1962). She wrote on society, family, child marriage and the position of women in society.<ref name=":1"/>

== See also == * List of Gujarati-language writers

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