PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to Sardar Patel
Today pays tribute to Sardar Patel on his birth anniversary.
Government celebrates 31 October, the birth anniversary of Vallabhbhai Patel, as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.
President Ramnath Kovind, vice president M Venkaiah Naidu and prime minister Narendra Modi with other dignitaries paid tributes to Sardar Patel at Patel Chowk in Delhi in the morning.
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel ( 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), also known as Sardar Patel, was first Deputy Prime Minister of India. Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman, a leader of the Indian National Congress and a founding father of the Republic of India. He played a leading role in the country’s struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. In India and elsewhere, he was often addressed as Sardar.
