Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (The Iron Man of India)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (The Iron Man of India)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was born at Nadiad in Gujarat on 31st October 1875 at his maternal uncle's place.

He was brought up in Anand at his home along with his siblings where today Amul milk & dairy products factory exists.

His father was a landlord. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a lawyer.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel fought for Indian independence against Britishers. He was a great patriot & was not scared of anyone. Vallabhbhai Patel was called as The Iron Man Of India. He was also called as Sardar (which means Chief).

After India got independence, Patel was the first Home Minister & the first Deputy Prime Minister of India.

During India-Pakistan partition, Vallabhbhai supported the shelterless Hindu & Sikh refugees who were kicked out from Pakistan by Muslims. Vallabhbhai Patel collected funds in order to give the homeless refugees food & shelter. He even requested & ordered Indian people not to kill or hurt Indian Muslims & gave them security.

He understood that the Delhi & Punjab policemen were personally affected by the murders of their Hindu & Sikh family & friends in Pakistan during the partition. Hence Patel called out the Indian Army with South Indian regiments to restore order & peace.

After independence, many large & small States of India wanted to rule independently as a separate State. To bring unity among the Indians & to unite the Nation, Patel took the help of military force and combined nearly 562 States & made India a United Nation.

Among such separately governing states were Kashmir, Jamnagar in Gujarat, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh etc. Patel joined nearly 562 such states to India. Hence Patel is known as 'The Iron Man Of India'

Ghajini Mohammad attacked Somnath temple of Shiva 17 times.

Vallabhbhai Patel reconstructed Somnath temple on Government expenses as he considered the temple as one of the National Heritages of India. Patel faced opposition from many people during the reconstruction, but still he went against them & reconstructed the Somnath Temple with Government expenses in 1948.

He died on 15th December 1950. If he was alive for some more years, he would have improved India to a larger extent.

We need such patriotic, sincere, honest & strong politicians like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in our Nation.

Mughals destroyed many Hindu temples of our country.

For examples, Rama janmabhoomi Ayodhya temple was destroyed by Babur. Ghajini Mohammad, Sikander Lodhi, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb destroyed many Hindu temples. Aurangzeb destroyed Krishna janmabhoomi Mathura's Krishna Temple. Kashi Vishwanath Temple of Varanasi was destroyed by Mohammad Ghori first & then by Firuz Shah Tughlaq & also by Aurangzeb.

All these destroyed Indian heritage should be reconstructed by the Government by their funds and stop religious fights between Hindus & Muslims.

We need politicians like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to bring unity & peace among all Indians irrespective of their religions, castes & states.

JAI HIND! VANDE MATARAM!