Vallabhai Patel | |
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1st Deputy Prime Minister of India | |
In office 15 August 1947 – 15 December 1950 | |
Monarch | George VI |
President | Rajendra Prasad |
Governor General | Louis Mountbatten C. Rajagopalachari |
Preceded by | Position established |
Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 15 August 1947 – 15 December 1950 | |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | C. Rajagopalachari |
1st Commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces | |
In office 15 August 1947 – 15 December 1950 | |
Monarch | George VI |
President | Rajendra Prasad |
Governor General | Louis Mountbatten C. Rajagopalachari |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished (merged to the President of India) |
Personal details | |
Born | Vallabhai Jhaverbhai Patel 31 October 1875 Nadiad, Bombay Presidency, British India |
Died | 15 December 1950 Bombay, Bombay State, India | (aged 75)
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse(s) | Jhaverben Patel (1880 — 11 January 1909) |
Children | Maniben Patel Dahyabhai Patel |
Mother | Laad Bai (1847 — 11 October 1932) |
Father | Jhaverbhai Patel (1829 — March 1914) |
Alma mater | Middle Temple |
Profession | |
Awards | Bharat Ratna (1991) (posthumously) |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (31 October 1875 — 15 December 1950) was a lawyer and influential political leader in the Indian independence movement. After independence, he played an important role in the integration of over 552 princely states into the Indian Union In which Goa, Dim,Daman,And some other continental rigions were still in other's hand which were become part of india later on. India is union of states 562 in which 10 continental rigion were joined after sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's death and after independence of india
.He was a fighter.He had not any fears of monarch, prince , RSS ,or other groups like Hindu mahasabha, Hindutv Group or Other .. He was deeply influenced by Gandhi’s ideology and principles, having worked very closely with the leader. He was the first Home Minister of Independent India and his uncompromising efforts towards consolidation of the country earned him the title "Iron Man of India". ' Sardar ' was a title earned by them after doing bardoli's successful Movement(Satyagrah) and it was given by freedom fighter ladies of that time of freedom struggle of India.They have done many movements like bardoli, borsad,kheda in which mahatma lead these movements.