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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_name = Kanabhai S. Amrutiya
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|03|08}}
| birth_place = [[Morbi|Jetpar]], Morbi , Gujarat, India<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/>
| residence = [[Morbi]], Gujarat, India
| death_date =
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| constituency = [[Morbi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Morbi]]
| order =
| office = [[Member of Legislative assembly|MLA]] of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat]]
| term_start = 1995
| term_end = 2017
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Brijesh Merja]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Jyotsanaben K Amrutiya
| children = Pratham Amrutiya, Jahanvi Amrutiya
(Zeel Amrutiya)
| alma_mater = V C Highschool, [[Morbi]]
| education = Elementary
| website = [http://www.facebook.com/mlamorbi/ Kantilal Amrutiya on FaceBook]
| footnotes =
| source = http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/eprajkot12.htm
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'''Kanabhai Shivlal Amrutiya''' ({{audio|Hi-KanabhaiSAmrutiya.ogg|pronunciation}}) officially known as '''Kantilal Shivlal Amrutiya''' ({{audio|Hi-Kantilal S Amrutiya.ogg|pronunciation}}), born 8 March 1962, is a former member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] who represented [[Morbi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Morbi]] constituency in [[Gujarat]], [[India]] for five terms.<ref>{{cite web|title=gujarat-state-assembly-elections-2012-all-candidate-list|url=http://indialocalnews.in/2012/12/26/gujarat-state-assembly-elections-2012-all-candidate-list/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Twelfth Gujarat Legislative Assembly |url=http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/emembers12.htm|publisher=Gujarat assembly|access-date=19 May 2012}}</ref>
He is known by the name "Kanabhai" among the people of Morbi and surroundings. He has worked in agriculture and industry.

==Personal life==
Kanabhai was born on 8 March 1962 to a middle-class Patel community family in Jetpar in [[Morbi]] district of [[Gujarat]] State, [[India]]. During the floods due to the [[Morvi dam failure]], in the 1970s, even as a young boy, he volunteered to serve to rehabilitate the victims.{{cn|date=August 2021}} As a young man, he joined the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]], a student organisation and was involved in the anti-corruption ''[[Nav Nirman]]'' Movement.{{cn|date=August 2021}} After working as a full-time member for the organisation, he then joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He completed his schooling from [[Morbi|V C Technical Highschool]] at [[Morbi]].

== Political career ==
Kanabhai was a Swayam Sevak in the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] during his early years of Social Life. He took up the challenging task of energising the party cadres at local level in right earnest. In Association with Co-workers and Local Industrialist, Kanabhai set about creating a strong cadre base of [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] in [[Morbi]] District, [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] and [[Kutch]]. In the initial period, He Started as a Member of Nagarpalika of Morbi and Taluka Panchayat, and his Maternal Uncle Amubhai Aghara was Leading at Constituency Level.

The party cadres started gaining political mileage and formed a good rappot.

In 1995, Kanabhai taken up the command of Party cadre at Morbi and elected as M.L.A. for the first time. Since then till now (As on 1.1.2013) he is serving the constituency of Morbi as M.L.A continuously. In the Gujarat State Election in December 2012, Kanabhai was Elected 5th time.

===Tenure as M.L.A of Morbi===
[[File:2nd best mla award.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Kanabhai S Amrutiya receiving 2nd best M.L.A. Award out of 182 in Gujarat]]

In 1995, Kanabhai was first time elected as MLA and was a part of Government of Gujarat.

In 2012 Kanabhai was Awarded with the 2nd Best M.L.A. award among 182 M.L.A. of Gujarat by Shining India Info Pvt Ltd, during a survey project of "EkMulakat".<ref>{{cite web|title=Award Function|url=http://www.ekmulakatnews.com/G_award1.htm|publisher=Ek Mulakat News -Shining India Info Pvt. LTd.|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811082333/http://www.ekmulakatnews.com/G_award1.htm|archive-date=11 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 30 August 2015, Amrutiya resigned as the leader of the Morbi Ceramic Federation 5 days after its headquarters was set on fire by a Patidar mob.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Morbi-BJP-MLA-resigns-as-chief-of-ceramic-body/articleshow/48731898.cms|title = Morbi BJP MLA resigns as chief of ceramic body | Rajkot News - Times of India}}</ref> His office was torched during violence that erupted following the arrest of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel in [[Ahmedabad]].

==Criminal case==
In 2004, Amrutiya and six others were given sentences of [[life imprisonment]], after being convicted by the [[Gondal, India|Gondal]] sessions court in the case of conspiring and killing the former president of [[Morbi]] municipality, Praveen Raveshia. Raveshia was stabbed to death in a broad daylight on 16 September 1999 by four persons. In 2007, a 2-judge bench of the [[Gujarat High Court]] acquitted Kantilal of murder charges as many of the witness in the case had turned [[hostile witness|hostile]] by the time the matter reached the purview of the High Court.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Morbi-MLA-acquitted-in-murder-case/articleshow/2491597.cms |title=Morbi MLA acquitted in murder case |newspaper=Times of India |agency=TNN |date=26 October 2007}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:People from Morbi district]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 1995–1998]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 1998–2002]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:Members of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat]]
[[Category:1962 births]]

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