Amit Shah
32nd and current Home Minister of India
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| 2024 | Amit Shah was re-elected from the Gandhinagar constituency in the Indian general election, securing 10,10,972 votes, which constituted 76.5% of the total votes, demonstrating an increased vote share compared to his 2019 election. |
| March 27 2024 | Shah announced the central government's consideration of repealing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Jammu and Kashmir. |
| 2022 | Introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 in Lok Sabha, proposing to replace the Identification of Prisoners Act 1920 and expand the collection of physical and biological samples for law enforcement purposes. |
| July 2021 | Became the 1st Minister of Co-operation. |
| 2020 | Completed his term as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. |
| August 2 2020 | Shah tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to the hospital. |
| 2019 | Amit Shah won the Gandhinagar constituency in the Indian general election with 888,210 votes, representing 69.76% of the total votes. |
| 2019 | Led the BJP to win 303 seats in the Indian general election, securing a majority. |
| December 2019 | Introduced the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, which grants Indian citizenship to persecuted minority communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan who migrated before 2015. |
| November 19 2019 | Amit Shah declared in the Rajya Sabha that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) would be implemented nationwide. |
| September 2019 | Shah underwent an operation to remove a lipoma from the back of his neck. |
| September 2019 | Shah advocated for Hindi as a unifying language for India, appealing to citizens to increase its usage and representation globally. |
| August 5 2019 | Shah moved a resolution in the Rajya Sabha to revoke Article 370, effectively dividing Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. |
| June 1 2019 | Shah assumed office as Minister of Home Affairs. |
| May 2019 | Became the 32nd Minister of Home Affairs. |
| May 30 2019 | Amit Shah took oath as Cabinet Minister of India. |
| 2018 | Made controversial statement about infiltrators, describing them as 'termites in the soil of Bengal' and promising to remove them if BJP comes to power. |
| March 2018 | Helped BJP win its first election in Tripura, securing two-thirds of the votes and breaking the left-wing rule in the north-eastern state. |
| 2017 | Played a key role in BJP's electoral victories in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Manipur. |
| 2017 | Elected to the Rajya Sabha (upper house of parliament) from Gujarat. |
| January 24 2016 | Re-elected unanimously as BJP party president for another term. |
| 2014 | Barred by the Election Commission from conducting public processions, marches, gatherings, and roadshows in Uttar Pradesh due to speeches that were deemed to outrage religious feelings. |
| 2014 | Shah was effectively discharged from the Sohrabuddin case by a special CBI court, which noted a lack of evidence and political undertones to the accusations. |
| July 2014 | Appointed as the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party after successfully managing the BJP's campaign in Uttar Pradesh, where the party won 73 out of 80 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. |
| 2013 | Shah was accused of ordering illegal surveillance on a woman in 2009 during his tenure as home minister, in what became known as the 'Snoopgate' controversy. |
| 2012 | Transitioned from Sarkhej to Naranpura Assembly constituency as a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly. |
| September 2012 | Supreme Court granted Shah bail and allowed him to return to Gujarat. He subsequently contested and won the Assembly election from the Naranpura constituency. |
| October 29 2010 | Gujarat High Court granted Shah bail three months after his arrest in the Sohrabuddin case. |
| July 25 2010 | Shah was arrested in connection with the Sohrabuddin case, which significantly impacted his political career and led to his temporary exile from Gujarat. |
| June 8 2010 | Amit Shah's mother passed away due to an illness. |
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