In 2014, the Modi government announced to celebration of Sardar Patel's birth anniversary as National Unity Day. He played an important role in the integration of Princely States into India and merged more than 550 princely states into the Union of India.
National Unity Day and the birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel are celebrated on 31st October of every year. The prominent leader who was popular as Iron man has described his life, visions, and anecdotes about modern India. Read his ten inspirational quotes.
National Unity Day "will provide an opportunity to re-affirm the inherent strength and resilience of our nation to withstand the actual and potential threats to the unity, integrity, says an official statement.
'Run for Unity' is held to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31, also known as the National Unity Day or the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.
Priyanka Gandhi said, "Iron Man" Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel raised the voice of farmers' rights and self-respect in the Bardoli Satyagraha.
On the occasion of 75th year of India's Independence, 75 cyclists from ITBP, SSB, CISF, CRPF and BSF, who have travelled approximately 9,000 km from various parts of country to Kevadia took part in the event.
Hitting out at the Congress, Patra said, "Was Karra reprimanded? Will he be axed from the CWC," and accused the Congress of constantly insulting leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose, Patel and Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar.
After a gap of more than six months, the tallest statue in the world, the Statue of Unity (SoU), will reopen for public from October 17, an auspicious day when the popular Navratri festival gets underway.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday inaugurated the Sardar Vallabhbhai Academy, an institute for economically under-privileged students to prepare for competitive examinations.
Billionaire businessman, Anand Mahindra never fails in grabbing attention with each and every social media post. He makes sure that his followers never get bored with his posts.
Speaking at an election rally here, Modi said though the Congress says Patel was their leader, no leader of that party has visited the statue so far.
Sutar’s works have also found pride of place at Noida’s Dalialit Prerna Sthal, Lucknow Ecopark, Rashtrapati Bhawan and the Amritsar War Memorial, among others.
Bidar (Karna): BJP President Amit Shah today said Pakistan would not have been holding a part of Kashmir and Article 370 would not have existed had Sardar Vallabhai Patel, instead of Jawharlal Nehru, handled the
New Delhi: BJP leader L K Advani today quoted Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Rajmohan Gandhi to claim that RSS was not linked to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and attacked Congress for mounting a “slanderous campaign”
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