Sardar vallabh bhai patel

1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Iron Man Of India
140 Birth Anniversary

2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(October 31, 1875 - December 15, 1950)
Celebrating 140th Birth Anniversary

3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel
Personal details
Born : 31 October 1875 Nadiad
Died : 15 December 1950 (aged 75)Mumbai, India
Nationality: Indian
Political party: Indian National Congress
Profession: Lawyer
Religion: Hinduism

4. Biography of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel the iron-man of India was born on
31st October, 1875, in a small village in Nadiad. His
father Jhaverbhai Patel was a simple farmer and mother Laad
Bai was a simple lady. From his childhood itself, Patel was a very
hard-working individual.

5. SARDAR - PATEL CHILDHOOD

6. Education
He used to help his father in
farming and studied in a school
at N. K. High school, Petlad.
He passed his high-school
examination in 1896.
Throughout school he was a
very wise and intelligent student.

7. LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL
Honesty
Empathy
Forward-looking
Fair minded
motivating
Intelligent
Straight forward
Imaginative
Never ending winning spirit
Courage

8. Social work
He started his practice in Ahmedabad and soon he became
aware of the local life, activities and people's problems. He
became an extremely popular person and he got elected in
the Municipal Corportaion in 1917. Around 1915, he came
across Mahatma Gandhi. The Swadeshi Movement was at
its peak.

9. With
National
Leaders

10.  Fighting for independence
Patel won an election to become the sanitation
commissioner of Ahmedabad in 1917. Patel
gave a speech in Borsad in September 1917,
encouraging Indians nationwide to sign
Gandhi's petition demanding Swaraj
independence from the British. Meeting
Gandhi a month later at the Gujarat Political
Conference in Godhra, Patel became the
secretary of the Gujarat Sabha a public body
which would become the Gujarati arm of the
Indian National Congress at Gandhi's
encouragement.
Oath Taking
Sardar Patel

12. WITH
DAUGHTER MANIBEN

13. WITH
PUBLIC PERSONALITIES

14. Supported by Congress volunteers Narhari Parikh, Mohanlal Pandya
and Abbas Tyabji, Vallabhbhai Patel began a village-to-village tour in
the Kheda district, documenting grievances and asking villagers for
their support for a statewide revolt by refusing the payment of taxes.
Patel emphasised potential hardships with the need for complete
unity and non-violence despite any provocation. He received
enthusiastic responses from virtually every village.
 Satyagraha
in Gujarat

15.  Political integration of India
This event formed the cornerstone of
Patel's popularity in post-independence
era and even today, he is remembered as
the man who united India. The Congress
as well as senior British officials
considered Patel the best man for the
task of achieving unification of the
princely states with the Indian dominion.
Gandhi had said to Patel "the problem of
the States is so difficult that you alone
can solve it".

16. WITH
M K GANDHIJI,
NEHRU
AND MOULANA

17. POLITICAL
LIFE

18. Sardar Patel Death
Patel's health declined rapidly through the summer of 1950.
He later began coughing blood, whereupon Maniben began
limiting his meetings and working hours and arranged for a
personalised medical staff to begin attending to Patel. He was
flown to Mumbai on 12th December to recuperate at his son
Dahyabhai's flat his condition deemed critical, Nehru and
Rajagopalachari came to the airport to see him off. After
suffering a massive heart attack (his second), he died on
15th December 1950.

19. SAD MOMENT
LAST JOURNEY
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21. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Some Snapshots from Life of Iron Man

22. Pledge
We pledge that we dedicate over self to
preserve the Unity, Integrity and Security of
the Nation and also strive hard to spread this
message among our fellow countrymen. We
take this pledge in the spirit of unification of
our country which has made possible by the
vision and actions of late Sardar Vallabhai
Patel. We also solemnly resolve to make our
contribution to ensure internal security of our
country.