Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel A Biography

Iron Man Of India

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(October 31, 1875 - December 15, 1950)

Celebrating 140th Birth Anniversary

Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel

Personal details

Born : 31 October 1875 Nadiad

Died : 15 December 1950 (aged 75)Mumbai, India

Nationality: Indian

Political party: Indian National Congress

Profession: Lawyer

Religion: Hinduism

Biography of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel the iron-man of India was born on

31st October, 1875, in a small village in Nadiad. His

father Jhaverbhai Patel was a simple farmer and mother Laad

Bai was a simple lady. From his childhood itself, Patel was a very

hard-working individual.

SARDAR - PATEL CHILDHOOD

Education

He used to help his father in

farming and studied in a school

at N. K. High school, Petlad.

He passed his high-school

examination in 1896.

Throughout school he was a

very wise and intelligent student.

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL

Honesty

Empathy

Forward-looking

Fair minded

motivating

Intelligent

Straight forward

Imaginative

Never ending winning spirit

Courage

Social work

He started his practice in Ahmedabad and soon he became

aware of the local life, activities and people's problems. He

became an extremely popular person and he got elected in

the Municipal Corportaion in 1917. Around 1915, he came

across Mahatma Gandhi. The Swadeshi Movement was at

its peak.

With

National

Leaders

 Fighting for independence

Patel won an election to become the sanitation

commissioner of Ahmedabad in 1917. Patel

gave a speech in Borsad in September 1917,

encouraging Indians nationwide to sign

Gandhi's petition demanding Swaraj

independence from the British. Meeting

Gandhi a month later at the Gujarat Political

Conference in Godhra, Patel became the

secretary of the Gujarat Sabha a public body

which would become the Gujarati arm of the

Indian National Congress at Gandhi's

encouragement.

Oath Taking

Sardar Patel

WITH

DAUGHTER MANIBEN

WITH

PUBLIC PERSONALITIES

Supported by Congress volunteers Narhari Parikh, Mohanlal Pandya

and Abbas Tyabji, Vallabhbhai Patel began a village-to-village tour in

the Kheda district, documenting grievances and asking villagers for

their support for a statewide revolt by refusing the payment of taxes.

Patel emphasised potential hardships with the need for complete

unity and non-violence despite any provocation. He received

enthusiastic responses from virtually every village.

 Satyagraha

in Gujarat

 Political integration of India

This event formed the cornerstone of

Patel's popularity in post-independence

era and even today, he is remembered as

the man who united India. The Congress

as well as senior British officials

considered Patel the best man for the

task of achieving unification of the

princely states with the Indian dominion.

Gandhi had said to Patel "the problem of

the States is so difficult that you alone

can solve it".

WITH

M K GANDHIJI,

NEHRU

AND MOULANA

POLITICAL

LIFE

Sardar Patel Death

Patel's health declined rapidly through the summer of 1950.

He later began coughing blood, whereupon Maniben began

limiting his meetings and working hours and arranged for a

personalised medical staff to begin attending to Patel. He was

flown to Mumbai on 12th December to recuperate at his son

Dahyabhai's flat his condition deemed critical, Nehru and

Rajagopalachari came to the airport to see him off. After

suffering a massive heart attack (his second), he died on

15th December 1950.

SAD MOMENT

LAST JOURNEY

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Some Snapshots from Life of Iron Man

Pledge

We pledge that we dedicate over self to

preserve the Unity, Integrity and Security of

the Nation and also strive hard to spread this

message among our fellow countrymen. We

take this pledge in the spirit of unification of

our country which has made possible by the

vision and actions of late Sardar Vallabhai

Patel. We also solemnly resolve to make our

contribution to ensure internal security of our

country.