sardar vallabh bhai patel
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Iron Man Of India
140 Birth Anniversary
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(October 31, 1875 - December 15, 1950)
Celebrating 140th Birth Anniversary
Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel
Personal details
Born : 31 October 1875 Nadiad
Died : 15 December 1950 (aged 75)Mumbai, India
Nationality: Indian
Political party: Indian National Congress
Profession: Lawyer
Religion: Hinduism
Biography of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel the iron-man of India was born on 31st
October, 1875, in a small village in Nadiad. His father Jhaverbhai
Patel was a simple farmer and mother Laad Bai was a simple lady.
From his childhood itself, Patel was a very hard-working individual.
SARDAR - PATEL CHILDHOOD
Education
He used to help his father in
farming and studied in a school
at N. K. High school, Petlad.
He passed his high-school
examination in 1896.
Throughout school he was a
very wise and intelligent student.
LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL
HonestyEmpathyForward-lookingFair minded motivatingIntelligentStraight forward ImaginativeNever ending winning spirit Courage
Social workHe started his practice in Ahmedabad and soon he became
aware of the local life, activities and people's problems. He
became an extremely popular person and he got elected in the
Municipal Corportaion in 1917. Around 1915, he came across
Mahatma Gandhi. The Swadeshi Movement was at its peak.
With National Leaders
Fighting for independencePatel won an election to become the sanitation
commissioner of Ahmedabad in 1917. Patel
gave a speech in Borsad in September 1917,
encouraging Indians nationwide to sign
Gandhi's petition demanding Swaraj
independence from the British. Meeting
Gandhi a month later at the Gujarat Political
Conference in Godhra, Patel became the
secretary of the Gujarat Sabha a public body
which would become the Gujarati arm of the
Indian National Congress at Gandhi's
encouragement.
Oath Taking Sardar Patel
WITH DAUGHTER MANIBEN
WITH PUBLIC PERSONALITIES
Supported by Congress volunteers Narhari Parikh, Mohanlal Pandya and Abbas Tyabji, Vallabhbhai Patel began a village-to-village tour in the Kheda district, documenting grievances and asking villagers for their support for a statewide revolt by refusing the payment of taxes. Patel emphasised potential hardships with the need for complete unity and non-violence despite any provocation. He received enthusiastic responses from virtually every village.
Satyagrahain Gujarat
Political integration of IndiaThis event formed the cornerstone of
Patel's popularity in post-independence
era and even today, he is remembered as
the man who united India. The Congress
as well as senior British officials
considered Patel the best man for the
task of achieving unification of the
princely states with the Indian dominion.
Gandhi had said to Patel "the problem of
the States is so difficult that you alone
can solve it".
WITH M K GANDHIJI, NEHRU AND MOULANA
POLITICALLIFE
Sardar Patel DeathPatel's health declined rapidly through the summer of 1950.
He later began coughing blood, whereupon Maniben began
limiting his meetings and working hours and arranged for a
personalised medical staff to begin attending to Patel. He was
flown to Mumbai on 12th December to recuperate at his son
Dahyabhai's flat his condition deemed critical, Nehru and
Rajagopalachari came to the airport to see him off. After
suffering a massive heart attack (his second), he died on
15th December 1950.
SAD MOMENT LAST JOURNEY
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Keep heart of lion
Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelSome Snapshots from Life of Iron Man
Pledge
We pledge that we dedicate over self to preserve the Unity, Integrity and Security of the Nation and also strive hard to spread this message among our fellow countrymen. We take this pledge in the spirit of unification of our country which has made possible by the vision and actions of late Sardar Vallabhai Patel. We also solemnly resolve to make our contribution to ensure internal security of our country.