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Introduction

Why Sardar Vallabbhai Patel? Transformational Leadership Journey from barrister to a leader

Bardoli Satyagraha

Skills

• Influencing and team building• Communication • Negotiation

Behaviour

• Firmness• Delegate minded• Charismatic• Empathetic

Influence Process

Sardar Patel influenced the farmers of Bardoli village as he came out as an efficient negotiator

Relevant Aspects of Situation

• High tax during natural disaster• Poor Farmers and Lack of

Resources• Patel stood up for tax elimination• Nine months struggle

Integration of 565 states

Skills

• A Strong decision maker• Political Foresight• Strategic Planner

Behaviour

• Diplomatic• Persuasive• Persistent• Stress tolerant

Influence Process

• Convinced princely states by great vision of United India

• Integration with either Patriotic feelings or threat by the power of united India

Relevant Aspects of Situation

• British Government’s policy to divide India into 565 small states

• Sardar’s vision to unite India for political and economic development.

Comparison with other leaders

• Jawaharlal Nehru• Mahatma Gandhi• Subhas Chandra Bose

Burning issue of Kashmir

Skills

• Proactive• Prognosticate

Behaviour

• Analytical• Imaginative• Forward looking

Influence Process

Nehru declined Sardar’s advice which has become the biggest mistake in history of Integration of India.

Relevant Aspects of Situation

Sardar advised Nehru not to raise the Kashmir issue in UN and to resolved it that time only when the Army was about to conquer Kashmir.Nehru refused his advice and the issue is still unsolved till today.

Achievements• “Sardar” was given as forename to Vallabhbhai Patel• Iron man of India• Bharat Ratan Award• National Unity day• Statue of Unity