Sardar vallabhbhai patel born
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Vallabhbhai was the fourth of the five sons and a dughter of Ladba and Zaverbhai of Karamsad. His remarkable journey began at a young age. At his school Vallabhbhai organised a student revolt against a corrupt teacher. His dream was to become a Barrister. He went to England in 1910 and attended Middle Temple where he topped the bar examination. He was called to the Bar in 1913. He returned the same year, skipping the Continental tour, never to leave India till his death in 1950, at the age of 75.
He was a successful criminal lawyer in Ahmedabad where, in 1915, he took the first step towards public life when he joined The Gujarat Sabha. In 1917 he was elected a member of the Ahmedabad Municipality of which, by 1924, he became its President.
Vallabhbhai was inspired by Gandhiji and his philosophy and started his political journey by joining the Gujarat Provincial Conference in 1917, joining the Kheda Satyagraha as Gandhiji’s deputy in 1918, leading the Indian National Congress (INC) to a thumping majority at the Municipal election in 1920 and leading the Nagpur Flag Satyagraha and
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SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, one of the six children of Jhaverbhai Patel and Ladba, was born in Nadiad, Gujarat. There is no record of his date of birth. The generally accepted date, October 31, 1875, of which the source is his Matriculation certificate, was chosen by Vallabhbhai himself while filling in a form.
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, one of the six children of Jhaverbhai Patel and Ladba, was born in Nadiad, Gujarat. There is no record of his date of birth. The generally accepted date, October 31, 1875, of which the source is his Matriculation certificate, was chosen by Vallabhbhai himself while filling in a form.
The family was an agriculturist one of the Lewa Patidar Community, and could in terms of economic status be described as lower middle-class. It was poor and had no tradition of education.
Vallabhbhai’s childhood was spent away from books, in the ancestral fields at Karamsad. He was already in his late teens when he passed out from the Middle School at Karamsad and went to the High School at Nadiad, from where he matriculated in 18
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (31st October, 1875 – 15th December, 1950)
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was born in Nadiad, Gujarat on 31 October, 1875. He was popularly known as Sardar Patel. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress who played a leading role in the country’s struggle for independence. He acted as Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. He also served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India.
He was a successful lawyer. He subsequently organized peasants from Kheda, Borsad, and Bardoli in Gujarat in non-violent civil disobedience against the British Raj. Under the chairmanship of Sardar Patel, “Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy” resolution was passed by the Congress in 1931.
Patel was intensely loyal to Gandhi and organized relief efforts for refugees fleeing to Punjab and Delhi from Pakistan and worked to restore peace. He led the task of forging a united India, successfully integrating into the newly independent nation those British colonial provinces that had been ‘allocated’ to India. It was
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