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Remembering “Lauh Purush”

31 October 2010 410 views 8 Comments

Please take a moment today to remember the “Iron Man” of India: Lauh Purush Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel...

Sardar Patel

A stalwart whose name seems to have forgotten in popular memory that is drowning amidst a sea of names ending with “Gandhi”. Unfortunately, he did not live long after Independence. I wonder the India that might have been had the Sardar lived longer.

Also read, his letter to PM Nehru in 1950, days before his death – warning of the threat from China.

8 Comments »

1. Dirt Digger said:

I’m a glass is half full person. While there are infinite possibilities or the fact that Sardar was the PM in an alternate universe, he has done his role in ensuring that the bleeding of India stopped during Partition (as much as possible) by integrating all the erstwhile princely states. Could he have lived longer and guided Nehru through the early years? Absolutely. But he could not. His life is an example of leading a nation through action and less of words which todays politicians seem to think is.

31 October 2010

2. seadog4227 said:

Another Congressman whom the Congress don’t remember…

1 November 2010

3. ashwani said:

friends,
see these links.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6WSRZvOuZ4

1 November 2010

4. Indian said:

What a courage and a strong will!! He was real Patel with mettle!

1 November 2010

5. Morris said:

He was a good practical man. He was fully aware of ugly side of humaman being. Both Gandhi and Nehru were naive, they thought of only good side of humanity and thought bad side did not exist.

2 November 2010

6. Jai Joshi said:

We certainly haven’t forgotten him in my household. He was a great man and did much to help Bharat.

Jai

2 November 2010

7. B Shantanu (author) said:

Do read PC Alexander on why “Patel is Indelible”

12 November 2010

8. Sid said:

Shantanu,
PCA got to be kidding us. Ramchandra Guha and objectivity are as close as cloud and sunlight – they rarely match. For a guy who is trained in economics and sociology his contribution in those fields are meagre but not only he keeps writing “history” he also goes ahead and questions the objectivity of a historian who was trained and known to write things backed up by proper documentation.

On a lighter side, I hope you will enjoy this comedy that puts “Lauha Purush” in discussion with a man who can be considered to have taken the same ministry to it’s lowest point:

http://www.rameshsrivats.net/2008/12/shivraj-patil-versus-sardar-patel.html

12 November 2010