Biography of Amit Shah, Amit Shah

 Amit Shah Biography

Amit Shah

Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah

DOB 22nd October 1964

Place of Birth Mumbai, India

Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party

Father's Name Anilchandra Gokaldas Shah

Marital Status Married

Spouse Smt. Sonalbahen

Children Jay Shah

Siblings Aarthi Shah

Education B.Sc.

Profession before joining politics Worked as stockbroker and in co-operative banks in Ahmedabad.

Positions Held President of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Member of BJP

Important positions held 

Chairperson of National Democratic Alliance.

President of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

MP of Rajya Sabha for Gujarat.

Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

About Amit Shah

Amit Shah is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is a prominent BJP leader with plenty of experience in his field. Shah is currently serving as the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has played a key role in the party's emergence as a dominant force in Indian politics and has become the face of an all new BJP.

Early Life of Amit Shah

Amit Shah (Amitbhai Anilchandra Shah) was born on 22 October, 1964. He was born to a wealthy Jain family in Mumbai. His father Anilchandra Shah used to run a business dealing in PVC pipes. Amit Shah completed his schooling in Mehsana and pursued his graduation in bio-chemistry from CU Shah Science College in Ahmedabad. He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at the age of 14.

Amit Shah handled his father's business for some time. He briefly worked as a stock-broker and also with co-operative banks in Ahmedabad.

Turnaround of the Cooperative Bank

Amit Shah was appointed as the president of the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank (ADCB) in 2000. The ADCB was in deep trouble and required visionary leadership. The bank had suffered a loss of around Rs. 36 crore and was on the verge of shutting down. Amit Shah took charge of the bank and turned its fortunes within a year's time. It recorded profits of Rs. 27 crore the next year. Amit Shah also ensured that most of the bank's directors remained loyal to the BJP.

Amit Shah is married to Sonal Shah. The couple has a son Jay Shah.

Early Political Career of Amit Shah

Amit Shah joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at the age of 14. He used to attend local shakhas (branches) of the RSS. Shah became a volunteer for RSS in his college days. He met Narendra Modi for the first time in 1982. During those years, Narendra Modi was a RSS pracharak (promoter) working as the in-charge of the youth activities in Ahmedabad.

The same year, Amit Shah became the secretary of the RSS' student body Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He joined the BJP in 1986. A year later, Amit Shah became an activist with BJP's youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and gradually rose through the ranks of the party. He went on to hold various important posts within the party such as state secretary, vice president and general secretary, among others. Amit Shah campaigned for senior BJP leader L.K. Advani who contested the 1991 General Elections from Gandhi Nagar parliamentary constituency in Gujarat.

In the mid 1990s, BJP formed the government in Gujarat with Keshubhai Patel as the chief minister. At that time, the Indian National Congress was highly influential in the rural areas of Gujarat. Amit Shah, along with Narendra Modi, was given the responsibility by the party high command to undermine Congress' influence in the state. Shah and Modi were able to convince a large number of people to join BJP. Many of these people had lost elections for the Village Chief's post in their respective villages.

Amit Shah's Political Role in Gujarat

Narendra Modi was appointed as the chief minister of Gujarat in October 2001.