Sardar Patel "Iron Man of India"
source-: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/ Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel popularly known as " Iron Man of India " or Sardar Patel, was an Indian politician. He served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India and first Home Minister. He was an Indian barrister, and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress who played a leading role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. Sardar Patel’s contribution in integrating 565 princely states into a newly independent India is unforgettable. Early life Sardar Patel was born in 1875, at Nadiad, Gujarat, British India, in a middle-class agricultural family of Lewa Patidar community. He was the fourth of six children of Jhaver bhai Patel and his wife, Laadbai. His father had participated in the 1857 Mutiny, in the army of Rani Laxmi of Jhansihis early childhood was spent on family’s agricultural fields at Karamsad. By late teens, he completed his middle school e...