A. K. Patel

A. K. Patel
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
ConstituencyGujarat
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1984–1999
Preceded byMotibhai Chaudhary
Succeeded byAtmaram Maganbhai Patel
ConstituencyMehsana
Member of Legislative Assembly, Gujarat
In office
1975–1984
Preceded byConstituency Established
Succeeded byNaresh Kumar Raval
Constituency Vijapur
Personal details
Born (1931-07-01) 1 July 1931 (age 93)
Vadu, Mehsana district, Gujarat, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Divaben A. Patel
​
(m. 1945)​
Source: [1]

Amritlal Kalidas Patel (born 1 July 1931) is an Indian politician and physician. He is a former union minister of state in Government of India. He served as Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government from 1998 to 1999. He was a senior leader of Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party. He represented Mehsana constituency in the Lok Sabha from 1984 to 1999.

Early life

A. K. Patel was born on 1 July 1931 in Vadu (now in Mehsana district, Gujarat, India). His social roots and family belong to Betalis Kadva Patel Samaj, Kalol, Gandhinagar district of Gujarat.

He completed MBBS from B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad. He practiced medicine in Vijapur for many years.

Political career

A doctor by profession, Patel entered politics and served as a member of Gujarat Assembly from 1975 to 1984.[1]

Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

He was elected as a MLA (Dhara Sabhya) from Vijapur seat from 1975 to 1984 in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Gujarat Vidhan Sabha) for two terms.[2] He was elected as an independent in 1975.[3] He joined BJP when it was founded in 1980.

Member of Parliament

Patel was elected as a Member of Parliament from Mehsana five times. He was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha in 1984, the 9th 1989, 10th in 1991, 11th in 1996 and 12th in 1998.[4] He was also elected to the Rajya Sabha for Gujarat from 3 April 2000 to 2 April 2006.[5]

He was one of the two earliest BJP MPs in Lok Sabha.[6]

Political offices

Patel served as Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Government of India in 1998.

Social and educational work

Patel provided leadership to various organizations surrounding Vijapur District- Mehsana. He was one of pioneers to start Pilvai College under management of Uttar-Purva Gujarat Uchcha Kelvani Mandal (society promoting education in local area) in 1960 along with Ramchandra Amin, Chagan Bha Patel, Gangaram Raval and Motibhai Chaudhary.

He served as Managing Trustee of S.R.S.T. General Hospital, Vijapur; Asha Education Trust; Girls College, Vijapur; and Trustee, St. Joseph Public School, Vijapur.

References

  1. ^ "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha". Retrieved 1 April 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Vuabai9 - game nổ hũ, quay hũ uy tín nhất 2022 - VB9". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 1975".
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  6. ^ "PM Modi calls veteran BJP leaders in Gujarat". 27 April 2020.


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