Bhavanji Arjun Khimji, JP (28 July 1902 - 1970) was member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

, who served as a member of Indian parliament (lower house) twice from

Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency) Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Kutch Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Gujarat state in western India. Kachchh is the third largest constituency in India, with an area of 45,652 km2 ...

. He was a member of

Bombay Legislative Assembly Bombay Legislative Assembly came into existence in 1937, as the legislature of Bombay Presidency, a province of British India. It functioned until 1960, when separate states of Maharashtra and Gujarat were formed. History The first session of thi ...

from 1937 to 1951. Khimji also served as treasurer of

All India Congress Committee The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from state-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousan ...

. He was jailed for taking part in the freedom struggle in India from 1931–32, 1940–41 and 1942-44. He was born in

Khamgaon Khamgaon is a city in Buldhana District, Maharashtra, India. It is the largest city in Buldhana district. It is well connected to all other big cities of Maharashtra and India through National Highway 6 and other state highways. Khamgaon Termin ...

in a

Jain Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...

family and inherited family run Khimji Ginning & Pressing Company, which was located in Khamgaon.Who is Who in India, 1939 page 274

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Biography: Bhagwanji Arjan Khimji
1902 births India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1957–1962 Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra Indian independence activists from Maharashtra Indian National Congress politicians from Maharashtra Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat Politicians from Mumbai Prisoners and detainees of British India Indian independence activists from Gujarat 1970 deaths Members of the Bombay State Legislative Assembly Indian businesspeople in textiles Indian justices of the peace People from Buldhana district Members of the Constituent Assembly of India {{Maharashtra-INC-politician-stub