Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (born 1875)

Vallabhbhai Patel

Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was a Gandhian Indian independence activist, lawyer and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, who played a significant role in the Indian independence movement and India's political integration. In India and elsewhere, he was often called Sardar meaning "chief". He acted as the Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.

Born

1875

October 31

Died

1950

Era

1870s

Country

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The world in 1950

When Vallabhbhai departed

april 21 The Nainital wedding massacre occurs, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste.
august 1 Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
august 12 Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
august 15 Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.

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