Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

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Several senior BJP leaders and Union ministers participated in the event. (Photo: ANI)

Union ministers, BJP leaders participate in ‘Run for Unity’

Tiwari said people would not be able to move freely across the country had Sardar Patel not united the princely states.

01 Nov 2018 12:55 AM

Sardar Patel's Statue of Unity in Gujarat's Narmada district is twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty in the US. Iron was collected from all over the country to build the statue. (Photo: @PMOIndia twitter via PTI)

Honour the Sardar, don’t forget Indira

Every Indian knows of the stalwart contribution of Sardar Patel in integrating the erstwhile princely states into newly-independent India.

01 Nov 2018 12:00 AM

'Some people of this country are seeing our movement through political glasses. We are criticized for praising the contributions of national heroes like Sardar Patel,' Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. (Photo: Twitter | @PMOIndia)

If not for Sardar Patel, ‘shiv bhakts’ would need visa for Somnath temple: PM

PM Modi also slammed those criticising government's move to build the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

31 Oct 2018 4:45 PM

PM Modi dedicated the 597 feet or 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the nation on his 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarat’s Narmada district. (Photo: Twitter | @narendramodi)

The statue as grand as the stature: Facts about Statue of Unity

A campaign called 'Loha' was launched to collect iron from all over the country to build the statue of Sardar Patel.

31 Oct 2018 12:11 PM

The under construction statue of unity stands facing Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadiya Colony, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Ahmedabad, India. The statue, a 182-meters tall tribute to Indian freedom fighter Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. (Photo: AP)

Looking back: Pandit Nehru vs Sardar Patel

Mr Modi has invested hugely in creating the illusion that the Congress Party’s preferred leader was the Sardar and that Nehru was imposed on it.

31 Oct 2018 12:16 AM

'You are not welcome here': On Statue of Unity, villagers pen open letter to PM

Local tribal leaders have also announced a boycott of the function citing destruction of natural resources due to the memorial.

30 Oct 2018 4:30 PM

Through 'Mann ki Baat', PM urged youth to participate in large numbers in 'run for unity' on October 31 to mark Patel's birth anniversary. (Photo: File | PTI)

Mann ki Baat: PM Modi credits Sardar Patel for uniting India after partition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was Sardar Patel's timely intervention which helped save Jammu and Kashmir from 'aggression'.

28 Oct 2018 2:22 PM

'They (RSS-BJP) do not have heroes of their own....So they are making the Statue of Unity of Sardar Patel and that too, has been made in China,' Congress leader Anand Sharma said. (Photo: ANI)

Cong wants Vallabhbhai Patel's ban order on RSS at Statue of Unity base

Anand Sharma noted that the move would tell people what the first home minister of the country thought of 'them' (RSS).

16 Oct 2018 11:02 AM

A 182-metre-high (600-foot-high) tribute to independence icon Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat state will be the first to dwarf the Spring Temple Buddha in China, currently the world's biggest statue at 128 metres (420 feet) in height. (Photo: AFP)

India in billion-dollar initiative to build world's biggest statues

Around one billion dollars is being spent on giant effigies of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and 17th-century king Chhatrapati Shivaji.

03 Sep 2018 12:58 PM

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said, 'In 1950, Sardar Patel had predicted what would happen in 1965 (India-Pakistan war)...the war that happened with China, even the Dokalam issue, which has come up in the recent times.' (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

In letter to Nehru, Sardar Patel predicted Dokalam: Goa CM

Goa CM said he got an opportunity to read about Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel when he was defence minister.

01 Nov 2017 4:05 PM

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and finance minister Arun Jaitley after paying tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on the occasion of his birth anniversary at Parliament House in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

‘BJP rewriting history by adopting leaders’

Opp. criticism came on a day the govt marked Vallabhbhai Patels’ birth anniversary.

01 Nov 2017 2:24 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Modi slams attempts to ‘run down’ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel legacy

Modi’s comment bears significance as it came ahead of the Assembly polls in Gujarat, Patel’s home state.

01 Nov 2017 1:26 AM

Narendra Modi pays floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary at Patel Chowk in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PIB)

He united Indians: Modi remembers Sardar Patel on his jayanti

The Prime Minister on Tuesday flagged off a marathon, 'Run for Unity' to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

31 Oct 2017 8:13 AM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: ANI)

Mamata Banerjee, Centre differ on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel birthday events

The authroities of the varsities have been asked to take photos of the events and send them to the UGC through email, sources revealed.

30 Oct 2017 6:23 AM

Schools told to celebrate patel’s birth anniversary

Teachers said that in order to celebrate in the school premises, they need time and planning.

29 Oct 2017 1:56 AM

Activists take part in a protest rally against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh at India Gate. (Photo: AFP)

Laws alone can’t stop the hate

The Press Council of India set up a fact-finding committee which visited 11 states and submitted a detailed Report on Safety of Journalists.

17 Sep 2017 12:08 AM

Expunging parliamentary records: An abuse of power

The Speaker of the House has none of the powers that successive speakers of the Lok Sabha have wielded for decades.

26 Mar 2017 3:16 AM

RSS volunteers at ‘Hindu Samagam’, in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: PTI/File)

RSS: In search of a genealogy

The RSS is trying to attach themselves the legacy of Patel, to get a leg into the nationalist movement.

24 Jan 2017 4:58 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)

Modi hardsells India, says reform push to continue

A number of India’s leading corporate leaders, including Mukesh Ambani, Ratan Tata and Mukesh Adani, also addressed the event.

11 Jan 2017 1:23 AM

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