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A.G. Mehta was elected as the first Indian mayor of Uganda's capital city, Kampala, in 1968. One week before his death in 1969, Mehta opened the first exhibition on the
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A. G. Mehta was born the eldest son of the Mehta family, one of
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Honourable A.G. Mehta was elected as the first
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Mehta and wife Savita Radia (left) in the city council of
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