- Amit Shah is born to a rich businessman Anilchand Shah in Bombay, in 1964. Though he never had a political background and has a degree in Biochemistry, he turned out to be the most successful politician.
- During his school days Amit Shah was an active member of ABVP. He was associated with RSS right from his childhood. During the days of his graduation he joined RSS as a volunteer.
- Amit Shah joined BJP, in 1986. Before he joined BJP he was a stock broker.
- In 1995 Amit Shah was appointed the Chairperson of Gujarat Finance Corporation in Keshubai Patel Government.
- Amit Shah met Modi for the first time in 1982 in Ahmedabad RSS cirle, when Modi was a pracharak, in charge of youth activities in the Ahmedabad city.
- Shah managed the election campaigns of Lal Krishna Advani and Atal Behari Vajpayee, in 1991 and 1996 which gave him insight into political strategy, developing him into an excellent election manager and a political strategist.
- Shah was elected from Sakhej as a legislator in 1997, 1998, 2002, and 2007.
- After 2002 victory Modi gave Shah several portfolios such as Home, Law and Justice, Parliamentary Affairs,
- In 2010 he was accused of orchastrating two fake encounter cases, and was forced to resign from the ministry. He was arrested thereafter and also acquitted and released later when they could not find any conclusive proof against him.
- Amit Shah was banished from Gujarat from 2010 to 2012, during which he acclimated himself with veterans of different areas of work in Delhi. He came back strongly in 2014 Lok Sabha elections to win UP with huge magins. Prior to the election he was made the President of UP BJP.
- The party made him National President in July 2014. From then on the party has never looked back. Amit Shah produced successive victories of which Haryana, UP, Assam, Maharashtra, Manipur, Tripura, Jammu & Kashmir, stands out.
- These are some of the facts about Amit Shah.
By Rajagopalan K.Suryanarayan -Political Analyst
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