Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is also known as Sardar Patel and the “Iron Man of India”. He was the first deputy Prime Minister of India. He played an important role in the Indian Freedom Movement. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a lawyer.
The Indian government declared his birthday, October 30, as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day).
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In 1918, after attaining inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel tried to change his image of a wealthy lawyer and began to fight for farmers.
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In 1922, 1924 and 1927, Patel was elected Ahmedabad’s municipal president.
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It was due to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s protest in Gujrat, against increased taxes for famine and flood-hit farmers in 1928 that he was conferred with the title of ‘Sardar.’
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s death anniversary: His famous quotes
- Faith and strength are both essential to accomplish any great work
- Caste, the community will rapidly disappear. We have to speedily forget all these things. Such boundaries hamper our growth.
- It is in my nature to be a friend of the friendless
- Today we must remove the distinction between high and low, rich and poor, caste or creed
- Religion is a matter between man and his maker
