write a paragraph on sardaar Vallabh Bhai Patel
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Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel popularly known as Vallabh Bhai Patel was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and a founding member of the Republic of India who played a leading role in the country’s struggle for independence. He was born on 31st October 1875 at Nadiad in Gujarat and brought up in the countryside. He became one of the most influential leader. He led the task to unite India and successfully integrated the newly independent nation with those British colonial Provinces that had been allocated to India. Approximately 565 self governing princely states had also been united into Indian Nation due to his tireless efforts.
As Gandhiji embarked on the Dandi salt March, Patel was arrested and was put on trial without witness, with no lawyer or pressman. On the outbreak of World War II, he supported Nehru’s decision. He also opposed the proposals of the Cripp’s Mission in 1942. He was one of the first Congress leaders to accept the partition of India. The fame of Vallabhbhai Patel formed the cornerstone of Patel’s popularity in the post independence era. He fearlessly ordered to reconstruct the Somnath Temple which had been plundered in 11th century. His another extraordinary contribution in the integration of India is the association of Hyderabad state in Indian state by military operation. Patel’s health declined rapidly through the summer of 1950 and after a massive heart attack, he died on December 15, 1950. He was awarded India’s highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’ in 1991 posthumously.
Explanation:
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had born on 31 October 1875 in the Nadiad district in Gujarat. His father Jhaverbhai Patel was a farmer and his mother Laad Bai was a house-wife. Patel was a hard-working boy since his childhood, was honest and a scholar in his school's days.
Due to the weak economic condition of his family, Vallabhbhai refused to go to school and college and used to study hard at home. He went on to study barrister from London and started practicing it in Ahmadabad. From the Kheda struggle of 1918, he started his contribution to the Indian freedom struggle.
He dreamed of tying India in the thread of unity and making it free. After 1949, he became the first Home Minister of independent India. Sardar Patel transformed the Indian Civil Services (ICS) and made it Indian Administrative Services (IAS). His priority as Home Minister was to unite the indigenous princely states in India. He did it without shedding any blood.
Sardar Patel was far ahead of Pt. Nehru in advocacy, and he had got the first place among the students of the entire British Empire. He is globally famous as the 'Iron Man of India' for his great contribution to the integration of India.
He died on 15 December 1950, and the whole of India suffered such a loss that it could never regain. The Government of India honored Sardar Patel with Bharat Ratna in 1991. On his birth anniversary on 31st October, the whole nation pays homage to him with its spirit.