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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=ls/><ref name=rs/> 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/>