Category: HistoryPart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC
સરદાર વલ્લભભાઈ પટેલ
/sardar vallabhbhai patel/Roman
English meaning: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Definition
The 'Iron Man of India' (1875-1950), born in Nadiad, Gujarat. The first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India, he is credited with the integration of 562 princely states into the Indian Union, unifying India. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1991.
Example
“સરદાર પટેલ ભારતના 'લોહ પુરૂષ' તરીકે ઓળખાય છે.”
In English: “Sardar Patel is known as the 'Iron Man of India'.”
Literary Heritage
“ઇતિહાસ ભૂંસી ન શકાય, ફ઼ક્ત ભૂલાય.”
/Itihāsa bhūṃsī na śakāya, fakat bhūlāya./
“History cannot be erased, only forgotten.”
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- Language
- ગુજરાતી
- Gujarati
- Script
- Gujarati
- Family
- Indo-Aryan
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