New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Known in bureaucratic and political circles as a "man of commitment", Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who turns 62 on October 22, has emerged as one of the most influential figures in Indian politics in his past 12-year career by expanding the BJP's political footprint across India since taking over the party's command as its President in 2014.

Soon after Shah was appointed the country's home minister, he took decisive historical decisions to enhance India's national security during the tenure of the Modi 2.0 govt in 2019.

Born to Kusumben and Anilchandra Shah in an affluent Gujarati family on October 22, 1964, Shah has been remarkably successful in expanding the Bharatiya Janata Party's organisational footprint by ...