Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is known as the Bismarck of India. He was a prominent Indian independence activist who played a leading role in the country’s struggle for independence from British rule. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India.
Patel was born in Karamsad, Gujarat, in 1875. He studied law in England and returned to India in 1900. He began his career as a lawyer, but soon became involved in the independence movement. He was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and played a key role in the Non-Cooperation Movement and the Quit India Movement.
After independence, Patel was instrumental in the integration of the princely states into the Indian Union. He was also responsible for the reorganization of the Indian states on linguistic lines. Patel died in 1950.
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