Unification of India apart, Vallabhbhai Patel also had a role in drafting the Constitution

"..It means something and it is there because, for two hundred years, attempts have been made by foreign rulers to keep them in groups apart with their customs and other things in order that the foreigners' rule may be smooth. The rulers did not want that there should be any change."

Written by Sonakshi Awasthi | New Delhi | Updated: October 31, 2017 5:48 pm

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“Here, we are building a nation and we are laying the foundations of One Nation, and those who choose to divide again and sow the seeds of disruption will have no place, no quarter, here, and I must say that plainly enough.”

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first home minister of the independent India, played a key role in unifying and giving shape to the Indian Union. He brought the princely states under the Union of India. Few, however, know that he was one of the primary people involved in drafting the Indian Constitution.