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Biography of Vallabhbhai Patel
Name: Vallabhbhai Patel
Birth Date: October 31, 1875
Death Date: 1950
Place of Birth: Gujarat, India
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Occupations: political leader
Vallabhbhai Patel
The Indian political leader Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950) helped to organize the Indian nationalist movement and after independence in 1947 succeeded in integrating several hundred princely states into the Republic of India.Vallabhbhai Patel was born on Oct. 31, 1875, in Gujarat, western India, into the traditionally agriculturalist Lewa Patidar caste. Both Patel and his older brother Vithalbhai learned English, traveled to Britain, and were called to the bar. On returning to India, Patel developed a lucrative practice in Ahmadabad and began to participate in civic and political affairs.In 1917 Patel came under the influence of Mohandas Gandhi and was an important organizer of several Satyagraha, or militant nonviolent campaigns, to secure justice for the peasants of Gujarat. These included the Kheda Satyagraha of 1917-1918 and the famous Bardoli Satyagraha of 1927-1928, during which he received the title of Sardar, or leader. Between 1917 and 1928 he also served in the Ahmadabad municipality.With the fame he gained in …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Biography (1959), a well-written account of Patel's Congress rival. Additional detailed information about Patel can be found in Vapal P. Menon, The Story of the Integration of the Indian States (1956) and The Transfer of Power in India (1957).Ahluwalia, B. K., Sardar Patel: a life, New Delhi, Sagar Publications 1974.Chopra, Pran Nath, The sardar of India: biography of Vallabhbhai Patel, New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1995. Gandhi, Rajmohan, Patel, a life, Ahmedabad: Navajivan Pub. House, 1990.Krishna, B., Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India's iron man, New Delhi: Indus, 1995.Murthi, R. K., Sardar Patel: the man and his contemporaries, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1976. Panjabi, Kewalram Lalchand, The indomitable Sardar, Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1977.Patel, I. J., Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1985.Prabhakar, Vishnu, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, New Delhi: National Book Trust, India, 1977, 1976.Shankardass, Rani Dhavan, Vallabhbhai Patel, power and organization in Indian politics, New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1988.
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