Tarachand Chheda



Tarachand Jagshibhai Chheda (14 July 1951 – 23 April 2022) was an Indian politician and the member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing Mandvi from December 2012 to December 2017. Chheda was also the Minister of State for Cottage Industries, Salt Industries and Cow Protection from 22 May 2014 to August 2016.

He was also a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing Abdasa from 1990 to 1995.

He died on 23 April 2022 in Bhuj from COVID-19. He was hospitalised in Ahmedabad but was moved to Bhuj when he adopted Jain ritual of Sallekhana a day before his death. His last rites were performed in his native village Kandagara in Kutch.