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"Run For Unity" is a Marathon which was flagged off by Shri Narendra Modi on October 31st, The birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel who is an icon of unity day. Indians celebrate this day as 'Patels Jayanthi' .
"Run For Unity" is a Marathon which was organised to motivate and to inspire Indians to run in a tribute to great leader Sardar Vallabhai Patel who contributed his services to India . He was known as "Iron Man Of India". He was the founding father of the Republic India and he served as first home minister of Independent India.
Shri Narendra Modi marked this day (October 31st) as "Rashtriya Ekta Diwas" (National Unity Day). "Run For Unity" was organised in different cities of the country . Many Indians participate in Marathon with great respect to Sardar Vallabhai Patel.
On the morning of Sunday 15thDecember, which is the Punya Tithi of Iron Man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off the ‘Run for Unity’ in Vadodara. Over 40 lakh people across over 1100 locations all over India joined the ‘Run for Unity.’ Shri Narendra Modi said that this run is being held with a determination to unite the people, unite the villages and unite the nation. He described the ‘Run for Unity’ as a matter of Rashtra Bhakti and an effort to fulfill the dreams and aspirations of the people of India. Shri Modi called for integrating the future generations with the message of unity.
Shri Modi paid rich tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his Punya Tithi.He said, “Sardar Patel devoted his life to unify the nation. He integrated the common people in the freedom struggle and made efforts to rid the nation of the colonial mindset. He undid the mindset of divisiveness and united the nation. When we remember Gandhi ji we remember truth, non-violence, sacrifice, simplicity, Satyagraha; when we remember Sardar Patel we remember Ekta, Surajya and Kisan (unity, good governance and the farmer).