GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first home minister and also the first deputy prime minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel died today 67 years ago, at the age of 75. Known as the “Iron Man” of India, Patel was instrumental in uniting the country through merger of small princely states.

Detailed explanation-2: -Born to Jhaverbhai Patel and Ladba and being one of six children, he lived a very sheltered life. His was a landowning family who was capable of providing for themselves. Sardar Vallabhbhai’s birthplace was Nadiad, which was a part of the Central Gujarat Community Leuva Patel Patidar community.