Vallabhbhai Patel

31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950

Vallabhbhai Patel, known as Sardar Patel, was an Indian independence leader and the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India. He is celebrated as the 'Iron Man of India' for his role in integrating hundreds of princely states into the newly independent Indian Union.

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Birth in Nadiad, British India
31 October 1875

Born into a farming family in the Gujarat region of British India.

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Trains as a barrister in England
1910 – 1913

Studied law at the Middle Temple in London and became a successful barrister.

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Leads the Kheda and Bardoli satyagrahas
1918 – 1928

Organized peasant civil-disobedience campaigns against colonial taxation in Gujarat.

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Becomes President of the Indian National Congress
1931

Served as Congress President at the 1931 Karachi session.

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Integrates the princely states
1947 – 1949

Persuaded and pressed over 500 princely states to accede to the Indian Union.

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Becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister
15 August 1947 – 15 December 1950

Took office in independent India's first government.

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Directs the annexation of Hyderabad
13 September 1948 – 18 September 1948

Oversaw Operation Polo, the military action that integrated Hyderabad into India.

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Death in Bombay
15 December 1950

Died of a heart attack in Bombay while still in office.

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