Rastriya Ekta Diwas 2019

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary is celebrated as "National Unity Day" or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas as a tribute to India's first home minister, who led the task of integrating princely states into the union of India after Independence in 1947.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Gujarat today to mark the 144th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He paid tribute to the freedom icon at the Statue of Unity which he inaugurated last year and led the people present at the grand event in taking a pledge. "Unity in diversity is our pride and identity," he said.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was given the mammoth task of the political integration of India and is responsible for unifying 562 princely states in the country. This earned him the title of 'Iron Man of India'.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary is celebrated as "National Unity Day" or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas as a tribute to India's first home minister, who led the task of integrating princely states into the union of India after Independence in 1947.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Gujarat today to mark the 144th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He paid tribute to the freedom icon at the Statue of Unity which he inaugurated last year and led the people present at the grand event in taking a pledge. "Unity in diversity is our pride and identity," he said.

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was given the mammoth task of the political integration of India and is responsible for unifying 562 princely states in the country. This earned him the title of 'Iron Man of India'.