Vallabhbhai Patel

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Vallabhbhai Patel
Vallabhbhai Patel was most popular freedom fighter in our Indian history. He was the senior leader of the Indian National congress. Patel was born and raised in the country side of Gujarat. He was successfully lawyer. On October 1917 fundamentally changed Patel and led him to join the Indian independence struggle. Patel supported Gandhis non cooperation movement and toured the state to recruit more than 300000 members. Helping organize bonfires in Ahemadabad in which British goods were burned. Patel threw all his English style clothes. Patel was elected Ahamadabads municipal president in 1922,1924 and 1927 during his terms he oversaw improvemants in infrastucture. When Gandhi was in prison Patel asked members of congress to lead Sathyagragha in Nagpur in 1923 a law banning the raising of the Indian flag. 
Also Patel arrested in Danti salt march. Patels position at the highest level in the congress was largely connected with his role from 1934 onwards. After the Independent India he was the first Home minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India. Patel organized releif efforts for refugees feeling from Panjab Delhi and worked to restore peace. He led the task of forging a united India,successfully integrating into the newly independent India.Approximately 565 self governing princely states had been released from British by the independent act of 1947. Threatening military force Patel persuaded almost every princely state to accede to India. His commitment to nation integration in the newly independent country was total and uncompromising earning him the sobriquet-Iron Man of India. He is also called as the -Unifier of India. 
Memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indian government structured a worlds highest statue in Sardar Sarover dam-kevatiya village at Narmada in Gujarat and it opened on 31st October 2018. The height of the statue is 182 meter.  Prime Minister of India open this statue and gives great respect to Patel for participating in Indian history. We all of us proud of this Iron man. 


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