Sardar Patel
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In Gujarat, PM Modi hails Sardar Patel; says India is what it is because of him
National | Apr 17, 2017, 06:21 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for redrawing the Indian map after independence.
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Sardar Patel played significant role in uniting India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
National | Oct 31, 2016, 06:04 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi today credited India’s unity to first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, saying he played a significant role in bringing the countrymen together after Independence. "Today, the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
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Former Gujarat IPS Vanzara garlands Sardar Patel’s statue with toy gun, stirs controversy
India | Jun 20, 2016, 07:27 PM ISTAhmedabad: Adding to his existing troubles, former IPS officer from Gujarat D G Vanzara today landed himself in a soup when he garlanded the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with a toy pistol. A key
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PM Modi pays tributes to Sardar Patel on his death anniversary
National | Dec 15, 2015, 07:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to Iron Man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary."On his Punya Tithi, salutations to Sardar (Vallabhbhai) Patel. We remember his exemplary service
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If Patel was made first PM, India would have gone on the lines of Pak
India | Nov 30, 2015, 01:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: Activist for Dalit rights and writer, Kancha Ilaiah, has said that if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was made the first Prime Minister, India would have gone on the lines of Pakistan and democracy would
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Sardar Patel's Statue of Unity to be 'Made in China'
India | Oct 20, 2015, 11:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: In what could be termed as a setback to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make in India campaign, the world's tallest statue, Statue of Unity, dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, will be designed by
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I want to be the modern Sardar Patel, says Hardik Patel
India | Aug 31, 2015, 03:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Hardik Patel, the 22-year-old leader of the Patidar reservation movement, said that he want to be the modern Sardar Patel.In an exclusive interview with India Today, Hardik said, "I like it when people
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Jawaharlal Nehru didn't want Rajendra Prasad as president: Book
India | Jun 24, 2015, 05:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, lied to stop Rajendra Prasad from becoming the president after the country's independence, a new book claims.The book, written by former intelligence officer R.N.P. Singh, says: "Nehru
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It was 'yoga' that made Nehru PM instead of Sardar Patel: Swami Ramdev
National | Jun 20, 2015, 01:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: If Baba Ramdev is to be believed then Jawaharlal Nehru managed to become first Prime Minister of India leaving behind Sardar Patel in the PM race because he was a practitioner of Yoga.In
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US-based doctor launches fund raising campaign for Statue of Unity
India | Jan 08, 2015, 07:35 AM ISTGandhinagar: To help realise the dream of constructing the "Statue of Unity", a US-based medical practitioner of Indian origin has started a fund raising campaign aiming to collect USD 250,000 for the project devoted to
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Collected works of Sardar Patel to hit book stores in January
India | Dec 16, 2014, 10:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: A comprehensive collection of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's writings and pronouncements will be published in 15 volumes next month.Brought out by Konark Publishers, the collection will be a reprint of the volumes that were
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Sardar Patel's collected works to come out in January
India | Dec 13, 2014, 02:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid the Narendra Modi government's efforts to resurrect the memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, his Collected Works, including his speeches, writings and correspondence will come out in 15 volumes next month.This will be
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'Congress-free India' not possible till Patel, Gandhi, Nehru remembered: Beni
National | Nov 13, 2014, 05:31 PM ISTLucknow: Senior Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a “Congress-free India” would not materialise as long as people continue to remember icons like Sardar Patel, Mahatma Gandhi and
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India would've been different if Patel was PM: Naidu
National | Oct 31, 2014, 12:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Friday said that if Sardar Vallabhbahi Patel had become the first prime minister of India, the fate of the "country would have been different".Speaking at the function
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Modi remembers former PM Indira Gandhi on death anniversary
National | Oct 31, 2014, 09:16 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 30th death anniversary and paid tributes to first Home Minister Sardar Patel on his birth anniversary. “I join my fellow
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Patel's birth anniversary to be observed as 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas'
India | Oct 25, 2014, 11:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Government has decided to observe the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31 as the ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' (National Unity Day) every year, as a mark of tribute to the efforts
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Sardar Patel's 139th birth anniversary to be observed as 'National Unity Day'
National | Oct 22, 2014, 02:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Central government today decided to observe October 31, birth anniversary of India's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Vallabhbhai Patel, as ‘Rastriya Ekta Diwas' (National Unity Day).A special programme ‘Run for
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Rahul commits blooper, calls Modi "opposition leader"
National | Oct 08, 2014, 07:35 PM ISTMahad (Maha): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today committed a faux pas when he apparently referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “opposition leader”. “An opposition leader says nothing happened in the last 60 years.
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BJP knows where black money is hidden: Anand Sharma
National | Apr 27, 2014, 06:33 PM ISTAhmedabad: Accusing BJP of spending Rs 10,000 crore on media campaign of its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader and Union Minister Anand Sharma today claimed that BJP leaders knew where the black
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In Pics: Rahul Gandhi's Rally in Himachal Pradesh
National | Mar 21, 2014, 06:49 AM ISTTanda (HP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today termed the Lok Sabha elections as a “battle of thoughts”, saying while the Congress stood for empowering the people, the opposition represented only the rich in the country.In