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|name = Anant Dave<br />
|image =<br />
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|caption =<br />
|birth_name = Anantray Devshanker Dave<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|5|27|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Mandvi]], [[Kutch district]], Gujarat, India<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|10|7|1938|5|27|df=y}}<br />
|death_place =<br />
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|spouse = Indira Anant Dave<br />
|parents = Devshanker (father)<br />Kashiben (mother)<br />
|education = [[Bachelor of Arts]]<br />[[Bachelor of Laws]]<br />
|occupation = Lecturer<br />
|office = Member of [[Lok Sabha]] for [[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kutch]]<br />
|term_start = 27 March 1977<br />
|term_end = 22 August 1979<br />
|office2 = Member of [[Rajya Sabha]] for [[Gujarat]]<br />
|term_start2 = 10 April 1990<br />
|term_end2 = 9 April 2002<br />
}}<br />
'''Anantray Devshanker Dave''' (27 May 1938 – 7 October 2012) was an Indian politician from the state of [[Gujarat]], who represented [[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kutch constituency]] in the [[6th Lok Sabha|6th]] [[Lok Sabha]] and was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1990 to 2002. Born in [[Mandvi]], he served as a member of the Mandvi Municipality and chairman of Sardar Patel Jal Sanchay Nigam.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Dave was born to Devshanker and Kashiben on 27 May 1938 in [[Mandvi]], [[Kutch district]].<ref name=rs>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|publisher=Rajya Sabha|accessdate=8 January 2016}}</ref> He completed his study of law from [[Gujarat University]].<ref name=ls>{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2352.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=8 January 2016}}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He served as a lecturer in Sheth S.V.College.<ref name=rs/> He married Indira Anant Dave on 11 December 1968.<ref name=ls/> He has one son named Devang Dave and two daughters named Nehal Dave and Hetal Dave.<ref name=ls/><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Dave started his political career in the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].<ref name=dna>{{cite news|title=Anant Dave, the 'giant killer' passes away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-anant-dave-the-giant-killer-passes-away-1750135|accessdate=8 January 2016|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=8 October 2012|location=Ahmedabad|language=en-US}}</ref> He served as a member of the Mandvi municipality for two terms.<ref name=ls/> He won the [[1977 Indian general election]] from [[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kutch constituency]] (now known as Kachchh) as a [[Janata Party]] candidate, and became a member of the [[6th Lok Sabha|6th]] [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name=rs/><ref name=ls/> He had defeated [[Indian National Congress]]' senior politician Mahipat Mehta, and rose to the status of "giant killer".<ref name=dna/> He was detained under [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act]] for eleven months during [[The Emergency (India)|the emergency]].<ref name=ls/> He represented Gujarat in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1990 to 2002.<ref name=rs/> He actively participated in water conservation movement in the Kutch district, and as the chairman of the Sardar Patel Jal Sanchay Nigam, he was the "cornerstone" for building eleven thousand [[Check dam|checks dams]] in Kutch.<ref name=dna/><br />
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==Death==<br />
Dave died on 7 October 2012 after prolonged illness due to [[cancer]].<ref name=dna/><ref name=zee>{{cite news|title=Gujarat: Ex-BJP MP Anant Dave passes away|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/gujarat/gujarat-ex-bjp-mp-anant-dave-passes-away_804344.html|accessdate=8 January 2016|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|publisher=[[Zee News]]|date=7 October 2012|location=Ahmedabad}}</ref> [[Narendra Modi]] expressed grief over his death, and said that he "played a key role in the development of Kutch".<ref name=zee/> [[Vice President of India]] [[Hamid Ansari]] said that "the country has lost a noted social worker and able parliamentarian".<ref>{{cite news|title=Rajya Sabha remembers Thackeray, former members|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/rajya-sabha-remembers-thackeray-former-members-531487.html|accessdate=8 January 2016|agency=Press Trust of India|publisher=[[Firstpost]]|date=22 November 2012|location=New Delhi|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Parsottambhai Rupala]] and [[Keshubhai Patel]] also expressed grief over his death.<ref name=dna/><br />
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