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Detailed explanation-1: -It was designed by Indian sculptor Ram V. Sutar and was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on 31 October 2018, the 143rd anniversary of Patel’s birth.

Detailed explanation-2: -The new addition to the list is the recently inaugurated Statue of Prosperity which is a tribute to Bengaluru’s founder Nadaprabhu Kempegowda. Read about some more. The 182-metre-tall statue is a tribute to the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Funded partly by the State and the Central government through the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust, the Sardar Patel statue cost a staggering INR 2, 989 crore (407 million US dollars).