Short biography of sardar vallabhbhai patel kandivali
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Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian independence activist (1875–1950)
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Short biography of sardar vallabhbhai patel kandivali
For the honorific prefix, see Sardar.
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (Gujarati:[ʋəlːəbʱ.bʱɑidʒʱəʋeɾbʱɑipəʈel]; ISO: Vallabhbhāī Jhāverbhāī Paṭel; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,[a] was an Indian independence activist 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.[1] In India and elsewhere, he was often called Sardar, meaning "Chief" in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Persian.
He acted as the Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.[2]
Patel was born in Nadiad, Kheda district and raised in the countryside of the state of Gujarat.[3]