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  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Patel, along with Defence Minister Baldev Singh administered the entire military effort, arranging for troops from different parts of India to be rushed to Kashmir, and for a major military road connecting Srinagar to Pathankot be built in 6 months.
Patel strongly advised Nehru against arbitration from the United Nations, insisting that Pakistan had been wrong to support the invasion and the accession to India was valid.
Patel was a senior member of the Constituent Assembly of India, and headed several important committees that decided the upcoming Constitution's articles on civil freedoms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel   (5608 words)

  
 Encyclopedia topic: Vithalbhai Patel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Vithalbhai Patel was the elder brother of Vallabhbhai Patel (additional info and facts about Vallabhbhai Patel), the first home minister of India (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947).
Vithalbhai Patel is famously known for his influence on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (additional info and facts about Subhas Chandra Bose).
Vithalbhai Patel is believed to have to left his property to Netaji to be used for the spreading of India message abroad after his death.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/vithalbhai_patel.htm   (185 words)

  
 Swaraj Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This triggered the split, with Chittaranjan Das, Vithalbhai Patel, Motilal Nehru and K.M. Munshi leaving the Congress and forming the Swaraj party.
Vithalbhai Patel became the President of the Imperial Legislative Council.
People rallied around the Nehru Report and old political divisions and wounds were forgotten, and Vithalbhai Patel and all Swarajist councillors resigned in protest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swaraj_Party   (730 words)

  
 Prayagraj: Sardar Patel - The Iron Man of Bharat
Sardar Patel assumed a wide range of responsibilities by raising funds for the Party from businessmen and sympathizers, developing an election strategy and selecting candidates for the provincial and central elections of 1934 and 1937, and guiding the work of many Congress organizations dedicated to social upliftment and service.
Patel and the whole Congress leadership were soon arrested, but Quit India became the most dangerous revolt in the history of the country.
Patel and Menon attempted to persuade the princes of the impossibilty of autonomy from the Indian republic, especially in the presence of growing opposition from their subjects.
prayagraj.blogspot.com /2005/10/sardar-patel-iron-man-of-bharat.html   (3531 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
Lauding Sardar Patel’s role in the merger of over 500 princely states after Partition, Advani said his contribution was unparalleled.
Modi said the greatest tribute to Sardar Patel was that even 50 years after his death, the common man felt his presence.
Modi praised Sardar Patel’s family saying he was yet to hear of anyone seeking political positions or favour.
www.telegraphindia.com /1031101/asp/nation/story_2524011.asp   (461 words)

  
 Sardar Patel
Sardar Vallabhai Patel was born on the 31
Sardar Patel was greatly influenced by this master spokesperson.
On 3oth January 1948, when Gandhiji was assassinated Sardar Patel was a totally shattered man. He had lost a dear friend and the guiding force of his life.
voofin.tripod.com /patel.htm   (571 words)

  
 News and Events - Sardar Patel Trust   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The belongings of Sardar Patel that his grandson donated to the trust are a tea set gifted to Sardar Patel by Lord Mountbatten, a 'charkha' and a shawl which the Sardar wore while he signed the final draft of the Constitution of India.
Sardar Patel was award the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1991 to his grandson Bipin Patel.
The shawl was used by Sardar Patel while singing the Constitution of India in 1947.
www.sardarpateltrust.org /bharat.htm   (1332 words)

  
 Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha-STATE LEGISLATURE - A historical Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
It has seen the grandeur of the Viceroys and the dignity, grace and glory of Vithalbhai Patel, the first elected President (or Speaker) of the Central Legislative Assembly.
In fact the first historic event that took place in the Council Chamber was his election to the Chair as first non-official candidate, in accordance with the recommendations of the Joint Select Committee of the British Parliament on the Govt.
Vithalbhai Patel held office from 1925 to 1930.
www.himachal.nic.in /hpvs/hist.htm   (1393 words)

  
 41M1.Appendix_What Congress and Gandhi have done   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Vithalbhai Patel (the then) General Secretary on 23rd May 1922, which was also published by the principal dailies of the country.
Yajnik to formulate a scheme embodying practical measures to be adopted for bettering the condition of the so-called Untouchables throughout the country and to place it for consideration before the next meeting of the Working Committee, the amount to be raised for the scheme to be Rs.
Vithalbhai Patel (the then General Secretary) got up and said : "As Swami Shradhanand's name occurs first, naturally he will be the convener and therefore there was no need of moving any fresh resolution at all."
www.ambedkar.org /ambcd/41M01.Appendix_What%20Congress%20and%20Gandhi%20have%20done.htm   (1903 words)

  
 VITHALBHAI
Vithalbhai Patel was born on September 27, 1873 in Karmasad in Gujarat.
After early education at Karmasad and Nadiad, Vithalbhai went to Bombay and qualified for district pleadership.
He was President of the Bombay Corporation and later he was elected to the Bombay Legislative Council as a representative of local self-governing bodies.
www.indianpost.com /viewstamp.php/SerialNumber/0696/VITHALBHAI   (94 words)

  
 Man named in suicide note not questioned   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Mumbai police are in no hurry to question Vithalbhai Patel, the man named by Ketan Anuwadia in his eight-page suicide note.
Vithalbhai Patel, the Rajkot-based businessman, who had allegedly cheated Anuwadia of Rs 1.35 crore, was on a trip to Rajasthan, when Sunday Mid Day tried to reach him.
The note also said that Patel had no money left even to buy a meal and that he had even tried selling his house but had not been successful.
web.mid-day.com /news/city/2004/march/79725.htm   (586 words)

  
 Patel takes Left turn on airport privatisation- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
NEW DELHI: Civil aviation minister Praful Patel is walking the extra mile to convince the Left parties on the privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports.
On Thursday, the minister dropped in at a one-room flat in Vithalbhai Patel house to convince a CPM MP.
By Thursday afternoon, Yechury and CPM's trade union (CITU) leaders were at Patel's Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan office gate demonstrating against any move to privatise or lease the two airports which fetch 70% of the profits of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-718321,prtpage-1.cms   (454 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Vithalb- hai J. Patel, the most prominent Hin- du ever to visit America was received in the office of President Karl T. Compton, and in the evening attended a banquet given by Dr. Compton.
Patel has been invited by some of the largest civic organizations as guest speaker and is being officially received by the leading officials and most distinguished citizens in the cities which he intends to visit.
Patel who recently aided Gandhi in the civil disobedience movement, formerly was the lord mayor of Bom- bay and president of the Indian Legis- lative Assembly.
www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_052/TECH_V052_S0196_P001.txt   (1592 words)

  
 'I will kill my family and myself'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Ketan, who was in the steel business, had last year sent raw materials and cash amounting to Rs 1.35 crore to Vithalbhai Patel, a businessman in Rajkot, Gujarat.
In his note Ketan also held one Santoshbai, who runs an ashram and is a good friend of Vithalbhai, responsible for his death.
If we find what was mentioned in the letter about Vithalbhai is correct, we will book him under section 306 (abetment of suicide).
www.rediff.com /news/2004/mar/31vijay.htm   (604 words)

  
 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel:
Patel was greatly assisted by nationalists like Abbas Tyabbji and the Sarabhai family of Ahmedabad.
At 72, Patel assumed the "Himalayan" responsibilities of the integration of 565 princely states into the Union, advancing democracy and self-government in these fiefdoms, developing the national security apparatus and strategy, and welding Bharat into one, united country.
When the Nizam of Hyderabad refused to join the union, Patel sent the Army and Hyderabad surrendered in a few days.
winelib.com /wiki/Sardar_Vallabhbhai_Patel   (3565 words)

  
 Khalistan Calling April 9, 2003
The "Ravana" (read Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi) the grieved father, Vithalbhai, had accused of the murder sat stone-faced (when Advani delivered his confession, meant as much to be a rebuke to Modi as public admission of a mistake) right through Vithalbhai’s emotional address.
Patel however pacified the angry father and told him that he should not embarrass the deputy Prime Minister who had admitted the mistake.
The "Ravana" (Modi) Vithalbhai accused sat stone-faced - first when Advani delivered his confession, meant as much to be a rebuke to Modi as public admission of a mistake - and then through the grieving father, Vithalbhai’s emotional address.
www.khalistan-affairs.org /Main/K_Calling/kc04092003.htm   (1259 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Joshi and Dr. Patel have in their written statement stated that Dr. Patel is entitled to fees for examining and operating patients.
She and Dr. Patel have, however, not produced the relevant case papers relating to Dakshaben.
In our opinion, there is sufficient evidence on record to hold the opponent No.1, Dr. Joshi, Dr. Patel and the hospital guilty of negligence or in any case deficiency of service in giving medical treatment to Dakshaben and it was on account of their negligence that Dakshaben ultimately met with her death.
www.indiandoctors.com /copra/copra3.htm   (4518 words)

  
 sciday.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Raju Patel in Mumbai (it was Bombay then).
Patel took astronomy seriously for his bread and butter (he has advantage of two big 'B'.
Patel can sale (almost) anything that an amateur would require.
www.qsl.net /vu3sui/space/amstro.html   (419 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Sardar Patel Trust, created to perpetuate the memory of late Shri Sardar Vallabhai Patel and late Shri Veer Vithalbhai Patel was honoured this morning with the coming home of the Bharat Ratna.
Sardar Patel was a great patriot who played a key role in arousing the national spirit of our country at a time when it was needed the most.
In 1975, the SP Memorial under the presidentship of Mr.Jethabhai V. Patel (a veteran industrialist) was established as the Sardar Patel Trust.
www.indiainfoline.com /bize/sard.html   (485 words)

  
 Cybernoon.com
To a question if he or Haren had a 'grudge' against Modi for taking away the home ministry and giving him the finance portfolio after he took over as Gujarat Chief Minister from Keshubhai Patel, Vithalbhai said that his son was not power hungry and only wanted to serve the people.
Vithalbhai was also cross-examined by advocate Mukul Sinha of the Jansangarsh Manch who asked him as to what steps had his son taken to curb the rioting in his assembly constituency of Ellisbridge in Ahmedabad.
In his reply, Vithalbhai said his son had tried his best to curb the rioters in Paldi area of his constituency but could not do so entirely, as they were very agitated.
www.cybernoon.com /DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=February2005_inbombay_standard5820   (519 words)

  
 Bibliography
he materials on Sardar Patel are presented below in two categories: those dealing principally with the Life and Work of Sardar and those containing Considerable coverage of Sardar's role in the Freedom Movement and in the period following India's Independence.
Shankardass, Rani D. i.Spokesman for the Peasantry: The Case of Vallabhbhai Patel and Bardoli,la Studies in History, Vol.
Patel, S.H. The Congress Party and the Princely States.
www.sardarpatelaward.com /bibliography.htm   (342 words)

  
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India's iron man, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the son of the soil who sallied forth from this sleepy hamlet to become a frontline warrior of the country's freedom struggle returned to his native dust as a Bharat Ratna over half a century after his death on Friday.
The Sardar Patel Trust, created to perpetuate the memory of late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and late Veer Vithalbhai Patel was honoured on Friday morning with the coming home of the Bharat Ratna to this birthplace of the legendary leader.
The Bharat Ratna was awarded posthumously to the late Sardar Patel in 1991 and was till now in the possession of his grandson Bipinbhai Patel.
www.bjp.org /today/Nov_0203/Nov_2_p_28.htm   (419 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
“I was cheated of Rs 1.35 crore by Vithalbhai Patel (a Rajkot-based businessman), hence I am ending my life,” the eight-page note, copies of which Anuwadiya had also sent to some of his friends, said.
When he reminded Patel of the money and threatened suicide if the cash was not paid, the Rajkot-based businessman asked him to go ahead and “do what you want”.
Police sources said the one-day series was the last straw for Anuwadiya, who was heavily into cricket betting.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040328/asp/frontpage/story_3056969.asp   (253 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Shailesh Patel has been associated with various computer associations.
He was amongst the charter members of the Micro Computer Users Club and has served for two terms as the Hon.
Vithalbhai Patel, the company has constructed over 100 residential / commercial building projects in Bombay, Rajkot and Ahmedabad in India.
www.starwebcreations.com /aboutus.htm   (429 words)

  
 Sardar Vithalbhai Patel visits Nagpur shakha
As was his custom, P.P.Doctorjee requested Sardar Vithalbhai Patel (brother of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel) to visit the Mohitewadi Shakha (it was the only Sangha Shakha then).
Vithalbhai, who had traveled around the world, was a keen observer of human enterprise and he was a great Indian patriot.
Vithalbhai’s deeply sincere words moved all the listeners!
www.hssworld.org /doctorji/yadavarao_joshi/137.htm   (132 words)

  
 Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha-Legislature Secretariat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
For the purpose of training, the officers and other subordinate staff are deputed either to the H.P. Institute of Public Administration or to the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies & training, Lok Sabha Sectt., New Delhi, whenever, a particular Training course is found to be relevant to the needs of this Secretariat.
To meet the ever-growing accommodation requirement, initially a small two storied building, named after Vithalbhai Patel, was added to the Council Chamber building, which now houses the Bank, the security guards room etc. Few more rooms were added in the corridor connecting the main building and the Vithalbhai Bhawan.
However, a bigger project was undertaken when the Planning Commission approved an allotment of 55 lacs for building an independent Library Complex.
www.himachal.nic.in /hpvs/lsect.htm   (526 words)

  
 Indian History - British Period - Towards Independent India
Vallabhbhai Patel, qualified as a barrister in 1913 and returned to India to a lucrative practice in Ahmedabad.
Subhash Chandra Bose and Vithalbhai Patel (brother of Sardar Patel) in a strong statement had said in 1933 that 'Mr.
Gandhi as a political leader has failed' and called for 'a radical reorganization of the Congress on a new principle with a new method, for which a new leader is essential.' Subhash returned to India in 1936 and was arrested.
www.gatewayforindia.com /history/british_history4.htm   (4655 words)

  
 Sardar Patel Trust to receive Bharat Ratna on Oct 31- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
AHMEDABAD: The Sardar Patel Trust, Karamsad, will receive Bharat Ratna, conferred posthumously on national leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1992, from Patel's grandson, Bipinbhai Patel, on the occasion of Patel's birth anniversary on October 31.
Chairman of the Trust, Ashok Patel, who was in the town on Friday, said that Bipinbhai Patel because of failing health wanted the award to remain under guardianship of the Trust.
It is spread over in seven acres of land for which Rs 1.5 crore was released by the Central government.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-240932,prtpage-1.cms   (226 words)

  
 outlookindia.com | wired
During his cross-examination by state government counsel before the Commission, comprising Justice (retd) G T Nanavati and Justice (retd) K G Shah, Vithalbhai said Haren had appeared before the tribunal and had given statements against the 'functioning of Narendra Modi'.
Vithalbhai could not ascertain what Haren exactly told the tribunal but said that his son had spoken against the "dictatorial functioning" of the Gujarat chief Minister after he had taken over from Keshubhai Patel.
Vithalbhai denied that either of them had any personal grudge against Modi for denying Haren an election ticket during the 2002 Assembly elections or for demoting him from state Home Minister to Finance Minister after he had taken charge as Chief Minister.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=281814   (649 words)

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