Vallabhbhai Patel

Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)

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Lived 1875–1950, aged 75

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1875–1950
Aged 75

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Unified India's 562 princely states as independent India's first Deputy PM and Home Minister. Vallabhbhai Patel's bureaucratic iron will during 1947-50 made him the architect of the nation's political integration.

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Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was a Gandhian Indian independence activist, lawyer and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, who played a significant role in the Indian independence movement and India's political integration. In India and elsewhere, he was often called Sardar meaning "chief". He acted as the Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.

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