Basharam Balchand Gogia

B. B. Gogia is a leading lawyer of Rajkot and is considered as one of the expert advocates of Gujarat in service matters. As a practising lawyer in his early years, he was detained under MISA in Rajkot jail and he also went to prison for his convictions. He plunged into social work and politics thereafter. Gogia was born on 13th August 1940 in Gerelo village in Larkana (Sind). After matriculation, he took up a teacher's job. From 1957 to 1969 he worked with the Indian Railways in Rajkot. During this period, he organized and took part in trade union activities. He became Divisional Secretary of Western Railway Employees Union of Rajkot Division. In January 1970, he resigned from the Railways and entered the legal profession. Gogia has worked as Additional Public Prosecutor & Government Pleader of Rajkot Ditrict for four years. He was elected the Councillor in Rajkot Municipal Corporation in 1984 and was also elected as Deputy Leader of the Congress Party in Municipal Corporation & Vice President of Rajkot City Congress.