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100			_aVeerababu, Donthagani _932309
245			_aSardar Patel and integration of princely states into India
260			_aUniversity News
300			_a59(44), Nov, 2021: p.20-23
520			_aA remarkable feature of India’s freedom movement is the valuable service rendered at different stages by a long line of distinguished persons at the national and local levels who felt a deep and genuine affection for the motherland. They have come with firm principles and strong convictions and dedicated their lives to achieve the goals for which those persons and principles stood. To this category belonged Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the freedom fighter, the first deputy Prime-Minister and the first Home Minister of Independent India. He is well known as a national integrationist and the Iron man of India. He was a symbol of dedication, service, sacrifice and firmness. The unity of India and the political map as on today is due to efforts of Sardar Patel. Recently, the government of India has built the world’s tallest statue of unity as a tribute to the Iron Man of India. In this paper an attempt has been made to study, review and analyze his relentless contributions towards constructing a unified Independent India. – Reproduced
773			_aUniversity News
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