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| birth_name = Kishor Vankawala<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1944|5|24}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|6|30|1944|5|24|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Surat<br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative assembly|Member]] of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency = [[Surat West Assembly constituency|Surat-West]]<br />
| term_start = 2007<br />
| predecessor = ''New constituency''<br />
| term_end = 2013<br />
| successor = [[Purnesh Modi]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kishor Ratilal Vankawala''' (24 May 1944 – 30 June 2013) was an Indian politician from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and twice elected member of the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Surat West Assembly constituency]].<br />
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Vankawala studied in a local municipal school up to intermediate science. He took admission in [[B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad]]; but discontinued his studies due to financial condition of his family and joined his family business of textiles.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/surat-bjp-mla-kishore-vankawala-passes-away/articleshow/20837133.cms | title=Surat BJP MLA Kishore Vankawala passes away | newspaper=Times of India | date=30 June 2013 | accessdate=28 March 2023}}</ref> He had been active in socio-political life for over 50 years starting from [[Jana Sangha]] and later in BJP. He was director of [[Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation]] during 1995 to 2000. He served as president of Surat BJP from 2001 to 2005 and later as vice president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat|Gujarat BJP]]. He won the [[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]] from Surat West<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/emembers12.htm |title=Members of 12th Assembly |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226045131/http://www.gujaratassembly.gov.in/emembers12.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and again won in the [[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012 elections]] with nearly 70,000 votes more than the next contender.<ref name="Surat"/><br />
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Vankawala was diagnosed with [[lung cancer]] and underwent treatment for about a year before he died on 30 June 2013 at the age of 69.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-bjp-mla-kishore-vankawala-no-more-1855116 | title=BJP MLA Kishore Vankawala no more | work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=30 June 2013 | accessdate=28 March 2023}}</ref> By-elections were held on 4 December 2013 to fill his vacated seat wherein [[Purnesh Modi]] won defeating D.I. Patel of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Surat">{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Surat/BJP-wins-Surat-West-byelection/articleshow/27072759.cms?from=mdr | title=BJP wins Surat West byelection | newspaper=Times of India | date=8 December 2013 | accessdate=28 March 2023 | author=Bhatt, Himanshu}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2007–2012]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017]]<br />
[[Category:1944 births]]<br />
[[Category:2013 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from lung cancer in India]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:People from Surat district]]</div>NiklasKinard