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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Vallabhbhai Patel, commonly known as Sardar 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 oft…
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politics · Indian independence activist (1875–1950) · politician · economist · barrister · jurist · freedom fighter · also Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Vallabhbhai Patel, Bismarck of India, Unifier of India, Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel
Born 31 October 1875 · Died 15 December 1950 · Q9455
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2026· 12 entries
prameyanews.com: Vande Mataram Row: Congress to Abide by 1937 Decision of Gandhi, Nehru and Patel, Says KC Venugopal
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LatestLY: India News | Vande Mataram Row: Venugopal Says Congress Will Abide by Gandhi, Nehru, Patel's 1937 Decision
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Telangana Today: "sardar-vallabhbhai-patel"
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lokmattimes.com: Sardar vallabhbhai patel hospital, Museum in Ahmedabad, India
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ArchDaily: Galería de Modernismo en alerta: la preservación del Estadio Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel en India - 7
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ArchDaily: Gallery of Modernism on the Watch: Preserving the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in India - 5
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ArchDaily: Modernismo en alerta: la preservación del Estadio Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel en India
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ArchDaily: Modernism on the Watch: Preserving the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in India
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The Times of India: Customs seizes gold, valuables worth Rs 32L from flyer at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) A
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Public attention spiked: 3,634 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 1,123, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Customs seizes gold, valuables worth Rs 32L from flyer at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) A” (The Times of India).
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Moneycontrol.com: President Murmu remembers Partition victims, hails Sardar Patel’s role in India’s integration
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2025· 4 entries
PTI rated the claim “Amit Shah says Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel opposed the 1960 Indus Water Treaty, even though Patel passed away in 1950.” Misleading.
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fact checker rated the claim “Amit Shah misrepresented facts by allegedly stating that Sardar Patel had protested in 1960, even though he passed away in 1950.” False.
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Reported claimRated Misrepresentation. Amit Shah was not referring to Sardar Patel’s involvement in 1960 but was referring to Patel’s role in the first Indo-Pakistan War of 1948, followed by a separate reference to the Indus Water talks of 1960. As he was interrupted by a member, it gives the impression that Amit Shah stated that Sardar Patel protested in 1960. · DigitEye India
DigitEye India rated the claim “A viral clip of Home Minister Amit Shah claims Sardar Patel protested in 1960 during the Indus Water Talks, though he died in 1950.” Misrepresentation. Amit Shah was not referring to Sardar Patel’s involvement in 1960 but was referring to Patel’s role in the first Indo-Pakistan War of 1948, followed by a separate reference to the Indus Water talks of 1960. As he was interrupted by a member, it gives the impression that Amit Shah stated that Sardar Patel protested in 1960..
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Home Minister Amit Shah claiming that Sardar Patel in 1960 opposed the Indus Waters Treaty” Misleading.
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2024· 1 entry
Telugu Post rated the claim “The giant statue of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, called the statue of Unity, is developing cracks” False.
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2022· 2 entries
The Quint rated the claim “Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar placed a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his seat, and said he would fulfil is chief ministerial duties in that manner.” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “Photo showing that Sardar Patel went to Maharaja of Jaipur to seek help in merging the Hyderabad state in India.” FALSE.
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2021· 1 entry
The Quint rated the claim “The BJP portrays Sardar Patel as a “strong man” who was opposed to Nehru’s move to grant special status to J&K.” FALSE.
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2020· 3 entries
Published “Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 8,078 times.
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Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,091 times.
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Published “Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019” in Journal of the American College of Cardiology — cited 10,344 times.
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2019· 1 entry
Published “2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: <i>lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk</i>” in European Heart Journal — cited 7,923 times.
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2018· 5 entries
BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “The statue of Sardar Patel is so tall that you can hardly see his face. If you did you will notice there is no resemblance to the real man” FALSE.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Image Of A Woman And Her Two Children Having A Meal Near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s ‘Statue of Unity’” FALSE.
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Alt News rated the claim “Photograph of poor people in front of statue of Sardar Patel” False.
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Published “Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 11,026 times.
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Published “Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017” in The Lancet — cited 6,204 times.
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2017· 1 entry
Published “Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults” in The Lancet — cited 5,597 times.
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2014· 1 entry
That his birthday, 31 October, would become an annual national celebration known as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day)
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2012· 4 entries
Published “Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,805 times.
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Patel was ranked third in Outlook India's poll of the Greatest Indian
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Published “Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death” in Cell — cited 16,991 times.
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Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,668 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 7,955 times.
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2008· 1 entry
Published “Global trends in emerging infectious diseases” in Nature — cited 6,667 times.
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1950· 3 entries
Died 1950-12-15.
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“There [is] only one nationalist Muslim in India: Maulana Nehru.”
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In favour of Rajagopalachari, he angered the party, which felt Nehru was attempting to impose his will
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1949· 1 entry
A crisis arose when the number of Hindu refugees entering West Bengal, Assam, and Tripura from East Pakistan climbed to over 800,000
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1948· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Home Affairs (1948–1950).
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1947· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Steering Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India (1947).
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of India (1947–6767).
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Career landmark: Member of the Advisory Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India (1947).
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1946· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the Negotiating Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India (1946).
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“RSS men expressed joy and distributed sweets after Gandhi”
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Career landmark: Member of the Constituent Assembly of India (1946–1950).
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1940· 1 entry
To demand Pakistan – an independent state for Muslims – and was a fierce critic of the Congress
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1938· 1 entry
Patel organised rank and file opposition to the attempts of then-Congress president Subhas Chandra Bose to move away from Gandhi's principles of non-violent resistance
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1935· 1 entry
Patel underwent surgery for haemorrhoids, yet continued to direct efforts against the plague in Bardoli and again when a drought struck Gujarat in 1939
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1923· 1 entry
Against a law banning the raising of the Indian flag
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1920· 1 entry
Was elected president of the newly formed Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee; he would serve as its president until 1945
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1909· 1 entry
Patel's wife Jhaverba was hospitalised in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) to undergo major surgery for cancer
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1875· 1 entry
Born 1875-10-31.
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