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| name = A. K. Patel<br />
| image = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
|constituency= [[Gujarat]]<br />
| term_start = 3 April 2000<br />
| term_end = 2 April 2006<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] <br />
| term_start2 = 1984<br />
| term_end2 = 1999<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Motibhai Chaudhary]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Atmaram Maganbhai Patel]]<br />
|constituency2= [[Mehsana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mehsana]]<br />
| constituency_AM3 = [[Vijapur]]<br />
| assembly3 = Gujarat Legislative<br />
| term_start3 = 1975<br />
| term_end3 = 1984<br />
| predecessor3 = <br />
| successor3 = <br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Divaben A. Patel|1945}}<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|7|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Vadu, [[Mehsana district]], Gujarat, India<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|source =http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3103.htm<br />
}}<br />
'''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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mehsana constituency]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] from 1984 to 1999.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
A. K. Patel was born on 1 July 1931 in Vadu (now in [[Mehsana district]], [[Gujarat]], India). His social roots and family belongs to Betalis Kadva Patel Samaj, [[Kalol, Gandhinagar|Kalol]], [[Gandhinagar district]] of Gujarat.<br />
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He completed MBBS from [[B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad]]. He practiced medicine in [[Vijapur]] for many years.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
A doctor by profession, Patel joined politics and served as a member of [[Gujarat]] Assembly from 1975 to 1984.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3103.htm|access-date=1 April 2016}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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===Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly===<br />
He was elected as a MLA (Dhara Sabhya) from [[Vijapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) | Vijapur]] seat from 1975 to 1984 in the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] (Gujarat Vidhan Sabha) for two terms. <ref>http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=918&cid=85</ref> He was elected as an independent in 1975. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/gujarat/assembly-constituencies/1975-election-results.html|title = Gujarat Assembly Election Results in 1975}}</ref> He joined BJP when it was founded in 1980.<br />
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===Member of Parliament===<br />
Patel was elected as a Member of Parliament from [[Mehsana (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mehsana]] five times. He was elected to the [[8th Lok Sabha]] in 1984, the [[9th Lok Sabha|9th]] 1989, [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]] in 1991, [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] in 1996 and [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] in 1998.<ref>http://www.travelindia-guide.com/elections-indian-lok-sabha/election-results/gujarat/mehsana.php</ref> He was also elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] for Gujarat from 3 April 2000 to 2 April 2006.<ref name=RS-list>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/mpterms.aspx|accessdate=5 October 2015|archive-date=26 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926061533/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/mpterms.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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He was one of the two earliest BJP MPs in Lok Sabha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/pm-modi-calls-veteran-bjp-leaders-in-gujarat-6381821/lite/|title = PM Modi calls veteran BJP leaders in Gujarat|date = 27 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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===Political offices===<br />
Patel served as Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Government of India in 1998.<br />
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==Social and educational work==<br />
Patel provided leadership to various organizations surrounding Vijapur District- Mehsana. He was one of pioneer 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.<br />
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He serve as Managing Trustee of S.R.S.T. General Hospital, Vijapur; Asha Education Trust; Girls College, Vijapur; and Trustee, St. Joseph Public School, Vijapur<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3103.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website] <br />
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