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Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (Gujarati: [ʋəlːəbːʰɑi dʒʰəʋeɾbʰɑi pəʈel]; ISO: Vallabhbhāī Jhāvērabhāī Paṭēla; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an Indian independence activist and barrister who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from ...
Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress during the struggle for Indian independence. He later served as deputy prime minister, minister of home affairs, minister of information, and minister of states.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, popularly known as ‘the Iron Man of India’, was a great freedom activist and leader of the Indian National Congress. Let’s have a look at his childhood, family life & achievements.
Vallabhbhai Patel, known as Sardar Patel, (born Oct. 31, 1875, Nadiad, Gujarat, India—died Dec. 15, 1950, Bombay), Indian statesman. Educated in India, he set up his own law office in 1900 and later studied law in Britain; he did not become involved in politics until 1917.
Popularly known as the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India. A statesman of integrity, he played a quintessential role in helping India garner independence from the British rule.
With old age, fatigue and illness drawing closer, Patel continued to remain, even when at the helm of affairs, always approachable. This photograph shows Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel taking oath of office as the First Deputy Prime Minister of free India.
Vallabhbhai Patel (October 31, 1875 - December 15, 1950), a political and social leader of India, played a major role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation.
A successful lawyer by profession, his life encountered a turning point when Mahatma Gandhi chose him as his deputy commander to lead the Kheda Satyagraha in 1918. Thus, as the leader of a peasants’ protest, Vallabhbhai Patel found the trajectory of his life turning towards a path of public service. Vallabhbhai Patel.
SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL. Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, one of the six children of Jhaverbhai Patel and Ladba, was born in Nadiad, Gujarat. There is no record of his date of birth. The generally accepted date, October 31, 1875, of which the source is his Matriculation certificate, was chosen by Vallabhbhai himself while filling in a form.
Vallabhbhai Patel shed his persona as a wealthy barrister in western clothes and began his life as a satyagrahi with the Kheda Satyagraha in Gujarat. Joining the peasants in their agitation against the British administration to protest against the unjust tax imposed on the peasants despite a failed crop, Patel transformed into a mass leader.
