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Hitler was alive and in Brazil till age 96, says new book

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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">An author has suggested in her book that Adolf Hitler may have fled to Argentina and then Paraguay before settling in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso to look for buried treasure with a map given to him by Vatican allies.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Post-graduate student Simoni Renee Guerreiro Dias book 'Hitler in Brazil - His Life and His Death' is part of a thesis that she is still working on.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The book challenges the view that the Nazi leader shot himself in his Berlin bunker on April 30 1945, claiming instead that he may have resided as Adolf Leipzig in the small town of Nossa Senhora do Livramento, 30 miles from the state capital Cuiaba, the Daily Star reported.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Simoni, a Brazilian jew, who comes from Cuiaba, said that Adolf Leipzig was known locally as the 'Old German.'</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">She has published a picture of his, which she claims was taken about two years before his death with a black girlfriend called Cutinga - arguing that his friendship with a non-Aryan could have been part of a ruse to hide his true identity.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">According to local papers, Simoni is now planning DNA tests using a relative of Hitler residing in Israel after having gotten permission to exhume Leipzig's remains from his final resting place in Nossa Senhora do Livramento.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">The journalism student also pointed out that Leipzig was Hitler's favourite composer Bach's birthplace.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Simoni said that her suspicions increased after she photoshopped a moustache onto the grainy picture she obtained of him and compared it to photos of Hitler.</span></span></div>
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Hitler was alive and in Brazil till age 96, says new book

An author has suggested in her book that Adolf Hitler may have fled to Argentina and then Paraguay before settling in the Brazilian state...

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Force Narendra Modi is closer to power, says India Today Group-CVoter Mood of the Nation poll

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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Both are faster now: The rise of a man who has turned the next General Elections into a referendum on the future of a Nation Abandoned and the fall of a regime that has already retired from the mind of India. The man, as salesman of India Unbound and the prophet of a Congress-less India, has been on a roll for a while; he has changed the syntax of argument in one of the world's most voluble democracies. </span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">The velocity of his ascent is more than a mark of his success as a proselytiser and provocateur in a country impatient for change; it shows how the most ambitious and audacious in politics has harvested the resentment of India. The story of the fallen is a parable of power wasted and a people conned; it tells why the chances of redemption are remote in spite of the stirrings of renewal within. The India Today Group-CVoter Mood of the Nation Poll confirms the consistency with which the Narendra Modi juggernaut has been conquering the mind space of India and the Manmohan Singh-led UPA regime has been undergoing the most devastating political atrophy of our time</span></span></div>
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Ind vs NZ: It's do or die for MS Dhoni & co in 3rd ODI

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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Their campaign in tatters after two consecutive defeats, India need to regroup quickly and find the right combination as they go into a must-win match against a gutsy New Zealand in the third one-dayer on Saturday.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Down 0-2 and having lost the world no. 1 tag, the Indian team would be desperate to make amends and stamp their authority in what will be their last chance to make a come back into the five-match series.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">If Dhoni's men fail to win on Saturday, it will be their second consecutive series loss after South Africa outside the subcontinent.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The visitors lost the first ODI at Napier by 24 runs and then went down in the second one-dayer by 15 runs (D/L method) at Hamilton, which dethroned India from the number one ranking in the ODIs.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Overall, Dhoni and Co. have lost four of their last five one-dayers, all of which were played outside the sub-continent. This has undoubtedly opened up a number of points for the concerned team to ponder upon.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The fact that the Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni likes to chase, opting to bowl first in both matches so far, the size of Eden Park should be another worry for him.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Indians have looked to contain the batsmen in the middle of the innings before restricting the damage in the death overs, and this strategy has so far backfired. It is because not many wickets have fallen until the 35th over.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Only three wickets fell before the 35th over in Napier, with Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor batting since the eighth over. It was much the similar case in Hamilton.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">R Ashwin has not taken a single wicket in the last two ODIs. But the blame doesn't lie with him alone, since Dhoni uses his main bowlers in short bursts and makes them bowl during the powerplays as well as death overs. If the idea is to contain runs rather than taking wickets, it is precisely where the Indian bowling is failing.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ashwin has conceded runs at 5.89 per over in the last five matches, while Ishant Sharma (6 wickets) has conceded at 6.12 per over in four games.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Other bowlers in Ravindra Jadeja (3 wickets) has conceded at 6 per over, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2 wickets) has played only three matches and gone for 5.73 per over. Mohammad Shami is by far the most expensive bowler, giving away runs at 6.70, but that is negated by his ability to take wickets -- 16 in five matches.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The size of this ground should excite the Indian batsmen, but these are troublesome times. The openers -- Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma -- have produced their best opening stand in the last four ODIs on foreign soil, worth a meagre 22 runs.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There has been a marked difference in the manner they have performed, both as a pair and as individuals, ever since India finished their home leg of this 2013-14 season.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While they played handsome hands with some regularity in chases of 300-plus at home, in South Africa and now here in New Zealand, they have struggled to find the optimum balance between attacking stroke-play and curbing their natural instincts to give the team a solid start.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Rohit, whose batting is defined by the ease with which he scores, has found the going tough. His shot-making options have been closed down at the beginning of the innings as the two new balls do a lot in these friendly conditions.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Meanwhile, bounce troubled Dhawan in South Africa and got the better of him again in Napier, before he played a horrific shot to get bowled at Hamilton.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Their performances in the last year, adding 1247 runs in 22 matches at an average of 59.38, means that they have been given a long rope at the top of the order. But their performance outside the subcontinent is surely going to give way to some serious questions being asked, unless things change around from here on.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">At number four, Ajinkya Rahane has put on 90 runs for the third wicket with Virat Kohli in the second ODI, contributing 36 runs to the stand. This isn't a very high score but it must have been a relief for the team to see someone other than Kohli or Dhoni scoring runs in a chase, as also standing up to the rivals.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It puts the spotlight on the other end of the batting line-up, wherein Suresh Raina is struggling to produce runs. He is under the scanner more anyone else, as Yuvraj Singh was dropped after the South African tour.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Whilst batting in the nets, Raina picked up a knock on his left arm, treated with ice-packs and heavily bandaged. But if he is able to pick his bat, he is expected to play, in what is arguably a make-or-break game for him.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">With the series on the line here, Dhoni must re-think of the playing XI with Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Ishwar Pandey and Varun Aaron sitting on the bench. Will the team think-tank look to make changes or will they stick to their guns of fielding the current eleven will be something to watch out for.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Even as the visiting camp may seem chaotic, the hosts are particularly calm and composed.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Since New Zealand have a cushion of two victories going ahead, they will be looking to close-out the series in the third match itself, given that the fourth ODI is again in Hamilton where the square is arguably slower.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While windy Wellington could be fairly unpredictable for a series finale.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The drop-in pitch at Eden Park will keep their bowlers very interested. Hamish Bennett, with his lively pace, is expected to come into contention for a place in the side as the pitch curator Blair Christiansen assured that the wicket will generate some pace and bounce, enticing both batsmen and bowlers.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The boundaries down the ground are shorter than 55 metres while the square boundaries at 66 meters are longest parts of this makes-shift cricket stadium. It allowed two chases of 200-plus in the domestic T20 matches here recently.</span><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It will bring short bowling into play as well. 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<tr><td width="166"><strong>Father's Name</strong></td><td width="212">Shri Bihari Krishna Vajpayee </td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Date of Birth</strong></td><td>25 December year 1924 </td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Place of Birth</strong></td><td> (Madhya Pradesh) Gwalior</td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Marital Status </strong></td><td>Unmarried </td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Educational Qualifications</strong></td><td valign="top">(Political Science) M.A., Educated at the Victoria (Laxmibai) College,</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top">(Madhya Pradesh)  Gwalior as well as D.A.V. College, (Uttar Pradesh)Kanpur.  </td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Profession</strong></td><td>Journalist as well as  Social Worker </td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Permanent Address</strong></td><td valign="top">La Place,  A-302, Lucknow </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td valign="top">Tel. (0522) 220909</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td valign="top">(Uttar Pradesh)   </td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Present Address</strong></td><td>Race Course Road, 7, New Delhi-110011</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>Tel. (011) 3018939, 3011156</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>Fax no-(011) 3019545<br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2;">                                                                                           Read the Short biography of Atal Bihari Vajpayee</span><div align="justify" style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; padding: 0px;">
Atal BehariVajpayee was the Prime Minister of India from March 19, 1998 to May 22, 2004. A multi-faceted political personality, Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924 at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh to parents Krishna Behari Vajpayee, a school teacher and Krishna Devi. He studied at Victoria alias Laxmibai College, Gwalior and D.A.V. College, Kanpur.</div>
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A postgraduate in Political Science, Vajpayee's first brush with nationalist politics was in his student days, when he joined the Quit India Movement of 1942 which hastened the end of British colonial rule. As student, he developed a keen interest in foreign affairs and nourished it over the years and put to skillful use while representing India at various multilateral and bilateral forays.</div>
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For a while Vajpayee studied law, but midstream he chose to become a journalist. This choice was largely influenced by the fact that as a student he had been an activist in India's struggle for freedom. He edited Rashtradharma (a Hindi monthly), Panchjanya (a Hindi weekly) and the dailies Swadesh and Veer Arjun. However, his journalist's career was cut short in 1951 when he joined Bharatiya Jana Sangh. As a founder- member of the Jana Sangh (1951-1977) and later Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) he served as the party's president and took it to new heights. He served as the BJP's president for the first five years of its existence, laying the foundation for the party's awesome growth.</div>
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As a parliamentarian, Vajpayee has the rare distinction of being elected to the Lok Sabha nine times and to the Rajya Sabha twice. He is the only parliamentarian to have been elected from four different States at different times namely UP, Gujarat, MP and Delhi. He served as External] Affairs Minister in the Morarji Desai-led Janata Government from 1977 to 1979. He was Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha (1993) and also served as a Chairperson of a number of parliamentary committees.</div>
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He served as Prime Minister for a short stint (thirteen days) in 1996 Later on March 19, 1998, he took charge as Prime Minister of India and again on October 13, 1999 for the second consecutive term as the head of a new coalition government, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).</div>
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Vajpayee was involved with several social and cultural activities. The Krishna Behari Vajpayee Trust set up by him in the name of his late father promotes a number of constructive activities for the uplift of the deprived and poor as well as children. He has been a Member of the National Integration Council since 1961. Some of his other associations include being President of All India Station Masters and Assistant Station Masters Association (1965-70); Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Smarak Samiti (1968-84); Deen Dayal Dham, Farah, Mathurs, U.P; and Janmabhomi Smarak Samiti, 1969 onwards.</div>
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Vajpayee was known for his speeches. Some of his quotes relating to the UN are: "In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere"; "The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be"; "The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries"; "There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states".</div>
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During his tenure, he made several attempts to build bridges with Pakistan including the Lahore Bus Diplomacy. Some of his powerful quotes in the same context are: "No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism"; "Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary"; "People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India".</div>
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"The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy"; "We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India"; "We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest".</div>
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Besides being an eloquent speaker and a voracious reader, Vajpayee was well-known and respected for his love for poetry. His published works include Men Ikkyavan Kavitayen, Amar Aag Hai (collection of poems), Sankalp Kaal, Shakti-se-Shanti, Meri Sansadiya Yatra (in four volumes), Four Decades in Parliament (speeches 1957-95 in three volumes), Lok Sabha mein Atalji (a collection of speeches), Mrityu Ya Hatya, Amar Balidan, Kaidi Kaviraj Ki Kundalian (a collection of poems written in jail during Emergency), New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy (a collection of speeches delivered as External Affairs Minister during 1977-79), Jan Sangh Aur Mussalman, etc .</div>
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Vajpayee's stature was of a national leader with mass appeal who commanded respect for his liberal worldview and commitment to democratic ideals. In 1992, India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, was conferred upon him in recognition of his selfless dedication to his first and only love, India, and his more than half-a- century of service to society and the nation. In 1993, he was conferred Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy by Kanpur University. In 1994, he was named India's 'Best Parliamentarian'. The same year, he was also conferred with the Lok Many a Tilak Puraskar.</div>
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A Bachelor throughout his life, Vajpayee had participated in freedom struggle and went to jail in 1942. He was also detained during Emergency in 1975-77. He has special interest for international affairs, uplift of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and woman and child welfare. Reading, writing, travelling and cooking have remained his favorite pastime and recreation activities.</div>
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Vajpayee is also widely travelled having visited several countries, the first being in 1965 as Member of Parliamentary Goodwill Mission to East Africa. He was also part of the Parliamentary Delegations to Australia, 1967; European Parliament, 1983; and Canada, 1987. He was part of the official Indian Delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meetings held in Canada, 1966 and 1994, Zambia 1980, and Isle of Man 1984.</div>
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He was on Indian Delegation to Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Japan, 1974; Sri Lanka, 1975; and Switzerland, 1984. He had been regular to the UN General Assembly as part of Indian Delegation in 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. He led the Indian Delegation to Human Rights Commission Meeting at Geneva in 1993 and Delegation of Standing Committees of External Affairs to Gulf countries i.e. Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait.</div>
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'Baapji' as affectionately called by his close friends and relatives has two adopted daughters Namita and Neharika. He is fond of Indian music and dance. He loves nature and one of his favorite retreats is Manali in Himachal Pradesh.</div>
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Vallabhbhai was born in Nadiad. It was a small village in</div>
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Gujarat. His father was Jhaverbhai Patel, and his mother Ladbai.</div>
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Jhaverbhai was a poor farmer. He was a strong and sturdy man. His</div>
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country and freedom were as dear to him as his own life. In 1857 the</div>
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people of India fought for their freedom. Jhaverbhai, who was then a</div>
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young man, fought bravely at that time. Vithalbhai, Vallabhbhai's</div>
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elder brother, was also a well-known patriot. He was the Chairman of</div>
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the Indian Legislative Council.</div>
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Once, when he was a small boy, Vallahbhai suffered from a boil</div>
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in the armpit. There was a man in the village who used to cure boils</div>
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by touching them with hot iron. The boy went to him. The man heated</div>
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"What are you waiting for? The iron will grow cold. Hurry up,</div>
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brand the boil," said the boy angrily.</div>
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The man was even more frightened. The boy picked up the</div>
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glowing rod and burnt the boil. Those who watched him were</div>
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shocked and screamed. But there was not even a trace of pain in the</div>
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This amazing boy was born on the 31st of October 1875. (This</div>
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is the date generally accepted.) The elders were filled with pride and</div>
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joy at the fearlessness of the little boy; the younger ones loved and</div>
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admired him. No companion of his ever disobeyed him. By nature he</div>
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rebelled against injustice. He showed a genuine interest in the</div>
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problems helped them as best he could, and promoted friendship and</div>
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Vallabhbhai's early education was in Karamsad. Then he joined</div>
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called Nadiad. A teacher of this school used to sell the books, which</div>
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the pupils needed. He used to force all the pupils to buy books only</div>
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from him. If any boy bought books from others, the teacher used to</div>
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tease him.Vallabhbhai thought that this was wrong. He spoke to his</div>
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companions, and saw to it that not a single pupil attended the</div>
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classes. For a whole week the school could not work. The teacher</div>
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When he was in Petlad he used to cook for himself. Every week</div>
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During his school days, one day a teacher made a mistake in</div>
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working a sum. Vallabhbhai pointed out the error. The teacher was</div>
<div>
very angry and said, "All right, you be the teacher." The boy replied,</div>
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"Very well, sir." He worked the sum correctly, and sat down in the</div>
<div>
teacher's chair!</div>
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Vallabhbhai first chose Sanskrit. Then he changed to Gujarati.</div>
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Sanskrit was dearer to the teacher who taught Gujarati than his own</div>
<div>
subject. When Vallabhbhai entered his class, the teacher wanted to</div>
<div>
taunt him, and said, "Welcome, great man!" Poor man, he did not</div>
<div>
know that the boy would one day become a very great man.</div>
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He asked the boy, in anger, "Why did you give up Sanskrit and</div>
<div>
choose Gujarati?"</div>
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Vallabhbhai answered, "If every one chooses Sanskrit, you will</div>
<div>
have no work."</div>
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The teacher was in a rage. He complained to the headmaster.</div>
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Vallabhbhai narrated to the headmaster all that had happened. The</div>
<div>
headmaster said, "I have not seen such a bold pupil." This made the</div>
<div>
teacher even more bitter. Vallabhbhai, too, did not wish to remain in</div>
<div>
that school. He went back. He studied at home and passed the</div>
<div>
examination.</div>
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Vallabhbhai's cherished ambition was to become a barrister.</div>
<div>
But in order to realize this ambition, he had to continue his studies in</div>
<div>
England. But his family was in utter poverty. He did not have enough</div>
<div>
money evens to join a college in India.</div>
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In those days a candidate could study in private and sit for an</div>
<div>
examination in Law. Vallabhbhai's brother, Vithalbhai, also was a</div>
<div>
lawyer. He attended coaching classes before entering himself for the</div>
<div>
examination. But Vallabhbhai did not even attend coaching classes.</div>
<div>
He borrowed books from the lawer of his acquaintance and studied</div>
<div>
their judgements.Occasionally he attended courts of law. He studied</div>
<div>
their judgments. He listened attentively to the arguments of lawyers.</div>
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He observed keenly lawyers of all types - the timid ones, the dashing</div>
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ones and the skillful ones. He listened to them all.</div>
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Vallabhbhai passed the examination.</div>
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Vallabhbhai had absolutely no facilities to begin practice of law.</div>
<div>
He borrowed some money from his friends and hired a room in a</div>
<div>
town called Godhra. He furnished it with a couple of chairs, and also</div>
<div>
mats for those who wished to squat on the floor.</div>
<div>
Before long clients were attracted to this enthusiastic young</div>
<div>
man. If he took up a subject, Vallabhbhai made a thorough study of it.</div>
<div>
In a short time Vallabhbhai made a name as a very eminent</div>
<div>
lawyer. By then he was married. Two children were born - a daughter,</div>
<div>
Manibehn, and a son, Dhayabhai. Vallabhbhai's wife fell ill, and he</div>
<div>
sent her to Bombay for treatment.</div>
<div>
As Vallabhbhai wished to become a barrister, he was saving</div>
<div>
money and making preparations to go to England. He wrote a letter to</div>
<div>
a travel agency about his trip to England. By chance it fell into the</div>
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hands of Vithalbhai. He told Vallabhbhai, "I shall go to England first;</div>
<div>
you can go later."</div>
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Without the slightest hesitation Vallabhbhai agreed. "Take it</div>
<div>
that my money and my ticket are yours. Make use of them gladly.</div>
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And if you need money in England write to me. I shall send you the</div>
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money," he told his brother.</div>
<div>
Vithalbhai's wife was not a woman who would easily adopt</div>
<div>
herself to circumstances. She was worded; what was she to do if her</div>
<div>
husband went abroad? Who would look after her? Vallabhbhai said,</div>
<div>
"Come and stay with us till my brother returns. Think of my house as</div>
<div>
yours."</div>
<div>
Three years passed, and the elder brother returned from</div>
<div>
England.</div>
<div>
One day Vallabhbhai had to appear in a very important case.</div>
<div>
He was arguing before the judge with the almost concentration. He</div>
<div>
was still on his feet when an urgent telegram was handed to him. He</div>
<div>
glanced at the contents and folded and put the paper in his pocket,</div>
<div>
and went on with the argument. It was only after he concluded his</div>
<div>
speech and sat down that even those near him learnt the contents of</div>
<div>
the telegram -his wife was dead!</div>
<div>
Vallabhbhai had read the news -and had gone on with his</div>
<div>
arguments as if nothing had happened. Such was his sense of duty.</div>
<div>
All through his life, troubles never discouraged him. With a will of iron</div>
<div>
he completed whatever task he had under taken.</div>
<div>
Patel was only thirty-three years old when his wife died. He did</div>
<div>
not wish to marry again.</div>
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After his brother's return, Vallabhbhai went to England. He</div>
<div>
studied with single-minded devotion. The glitter and luxury of</div>
<div>
fashionable life did not tempt him. The library was at a distance of</div>
<div>
eleven miles from his lodging. Every morning he walked to the library,</div>
<div>
and walked back in the evening. He stood first in the Barrister-at-Law</div>
<div>
Examination.</div>
<div>
As soon as he returned to India, Vallabhbhai set up practice as</div>
<div>
a barrister at Ahmedabad. Day by day his fame and his influence</div>
<div>
grew. The elder brother, Vithalbhai, said, "You look after the family; I</div>
<div>
shall work, for the country."</div>
<div>
"Yes," said Vallabhbhai. At the time he was earning eight to ten</div>
<div>
thousand rupees a month. He spent his leisure hour’s playing cards</div>
<div>
in a local club. He dressed like the English. He was not at all</div>
<div>
interested in politics. He sometimes laughed at Satyagraha</div>
<div>
(nonviolent non-cooperation) and service to the country as dreams of</div>
<div>
crazy fellows.</div>
<div>
Gradually the spell of Gandhiji spread all over Gujarat. It</div>
<div>
changed Vallabhbhai's life, too. Gandhiji attended the Political</div>
<div>
Conference at Godhra. He and Vallabhbhai met at that time, and</div>
<div>
soon became friends.</div>
<div>
Patel was very fond of children, but he was never given to an</div>
<div>
exhibition of his affection. When Manibehn shyly asked him, "How are</div>
<div>
you, father?" he made a brief answer: "I am all right."</div>
<div>
Dhayabhai sometimes tried to engage his father in</div>
<div>
conversation; but Vallabhbhai seldom responded.</div>
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Gandhiji entered Patel's home, too. He was like a father to the</div>
<div>
two children.</div>
<div>
The training and refinement she received inculcated several</div>
<div>
good qualities in Manibehn. Love of simple life and good habits</div>
<div>
developed in her. When public life imposed a severe strain on her</div>
<div>
father she devoted herself to his service. She became his private</div>
<div>
secretary, took care of his health, and found joy and fulfillment in</div>
<div>
serving him. She was convinced that she could best serve the</div>
<div>
country by sharing his burden to the best of her ability.</div>
<div>
In 1918 heavy rains destroyed the crops in Gujarat. The</div>
<div>
farmers in Kaira District were particularly in distress. The Government</div>
<div>
demanded the payment of the revenue taxes to the last pie. The</div>
<div>
farmers turned to Gandhiji as their refuge.</div>
<div>
Gandhiji said, "I need some one who will assume the entire</div>
<div>
responsibility for this struggle."</div>
<div>
"I shall be responsible," said Vallabhbhai Patel, and assumed</div>
<div>
the leadership of the struggle. He infused the peasants with courage,</div>
<div>
saying, "Why are you afraid of the English? If the people are united</div>
<div>
no government can do anything." He gave up his western clothes,</div>
<div>
and began to dress like the poor and humble peasants. He walked</div>
<div>
from village to village along rough tracks full of stones and thorns and</div>
<div>
brought about unity among the farmers. The farmers were filled with</div>
<div>
reverence and admiration for this prominent barrister from</div>
<div>
Ahmedabad who toiled for them day and night. One word from him,</div>
<div>
and they were ready to lay down their lives for him. So the</div>
<div>
government had to yield finally. The taxes were remitted. The</div>
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struggle led by Patel was successful. In June 1918 the farmers</div>
<div>
celebrated their victory. They invited Gandhiji and presented him with</div>
<div>
an address.</div>
<div>
Said Gandhiji, "The credit of this victory should go to</div>
<div>
Vallabhbhai Patel. You are fortunate to be led, by such a great hero."</div>
<div>
Patel said with modesty, "The people of Kaira District have</div>
<div>
fought with courage and endurance. Theirs is the honor of this</div>
<div>
triumph."</div>
<div>
Vallabhbhai lived up to his ideals. In 1920 the Congress Party</div>
<div>
passed a resolution on non-cooperation; it resolved not to cooperate</div>
<div>
with the foreign government in any way. Patel gave up his practice as</div>
<div>
a barrister, which used to bring him thousands of rupees every</div>
<div>
month. He asked people not to send their children to schools run by</div>
<div>
the government. He founded the Gujarat Vidyapeetha to educate the</div>
<div>
children to grow up to be patriots. He collected lakhs of rupees for</div>
<div>
this institution and built it up.</div>
<div>
In 1923 the government ordered that no one should carry the</div>
<div>
tricolored flag in any road in Nagpur where government officers lived.</div>
<div>
Who could object to the display of our flag in our country? The people</div>
<div>
decided to disobey this offensive order. They invited Vallabhbhai</div>
<div>
Patel to guide them. As soon as he arrived the struggle grew more</div>
<div>
spirited. Satyagrahis began to pour in from other parts of the country.</div>
<div>
The agitation went on for three and a half months. Finally the</div>
<div>
government withdrew the order, and the satyagraha ended in a</div>
<div>
victory for the people.</div>
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The people of Borsad Taluk were subjected to great suffering at</div>
<div>
that time. A dacoit, Babar by name, and his gang began to indulge in</div>
<div>
murder and looting. A police force arrived to put him down. But the</div>
<div>
police became as much a menace as the robbers. They frightened</div>
<div>
the people and took away money, jewels and grains. In the</div>
<div>
meanwhile the government imposed a new tax on the people to meet</div>
<div>
the expenses of the police force. (This kind of tax is called punitive</div>
<div>
tax'.) This was adding insult to injury. The people grounded under the</div>
<div>
burden.</div>
<div>
In this hour of distress Vallabhbhai raced to the rescue of the</div>
<div>
people. He formed a team of young volunteers from the neighboring</div>
<div>
villages for protection from the bandits. As soon as these young men</div>
<div>
swung into action the dacoit disappeared.</div>
<div>
Patel told the Government: "We do not want your police force</div>
<div>
here; and we are not going to pay the new tax." The officers of the</div>
<div>
government tried to frighten the people in a number of ways. But their</div>
<div>
tricks were of no use. The government had to withdraw its order</div>
<div>
tamely. Vallabhbhai's fame spread to every nook and corner of India.</div>
<div>
That year the rains played havoc in Gujarat. There were floods</div>
<div>
everywhere. The roads were under water. Thousands of houses were</div>
<div>
washed away. Lakes of people lost everything. Vallabhbhai came to</div>
<div>
their rescue. His efforts brought 2,000 volunteers together. They</div>
<div>
supplied food and clothes to those that had suffered vowing to the</div>
<div>
floods and looked after them.</div>
<div>
But their services were still needed. Hardly had the floods</div>
<div>
subsided when a terrible famine broke out. The farmers had no oxen,</div>
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and no seeds; how were they to till the land? People were in utter</div>
<div>
despair. Patel drew the attention of the government to the sufferings</div>
<div>
of the people. He argued that the government collected taxes from</div>
<div>
the people, and therefore, it was the duty of the government to help</div>
<div>
them in their distress. So forceful was his demand that finally the</div>
<div>
government had to spend fifteen million rupees to help those in the</div>
<div>
famine stricken areas. Patel organized the relief works very efficiently</div>
<div>
so that the money was used properly. The world realized that he was</div>
<div>
not only a great fighter but also a superb organizer.</div>
<div>
Bardoli is a Taluk in Gujarat. The people of this Taluk were in</div>
<div>
sheer distress, having suffered because of the floods and the famine.</div>
<div>
But, in this hour of distress, the foreign government raised the</div>
<div>
revenue taxes by thirty percent. The people did not know what to do.</div>
<div>
They went to Patel and said, "You are our only hope."</div>
<div>
Said Patel, "If you oppose the government your sufferings will</div>
<div>
multiply. You will lose your lands and houses, The Government will</div>
<div>
do its best to crush you. You will not have a grain of rice or a drop of</div>
<div>
milk, and the women and the children will suffer sheer misery.</div>
<div>
Consider well. If you are confident that you have the grit to face all</div>
<div>
this, let us fight."</div>
<div>
"We are ready. We will die rather than bow to injustice," said</div>
<div>
the farmers.</div>
<div>
First of all, Patel wrote to the Governor, and appealed to him to</div>
<div>
reduce the taxes. But he turned a deaf ear to Patel. The Government</div>
<div>
even announced the date of the collection of the taxes.</div>
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"No one shall pay a pie as tax," Patel instructed the farmers.</div>
<div>
The bugles of war sounded.</div>
<div>
Patel divided Bardoli District into several zones. Each zone had</div>
<div>
a center, and a leader and some volunteers manned each center.</div>
<div>
There were messengers to carry messages from one center to</div>
<div>
another. Patel also appointed spies to report on the movements of</div>
<div>
Government officials.</div>
<div>
"We shall use all our powers and crush the agitation," declared</div>
<div>
the Governor of Bombay. The Government sent ruffians to frighten</div>
<div>
the villagers.</div>
<div>
The ruffians would enter villages and beat up the villagers.</div>
<div>
They used to force their way into houses and carry away grain, goods</div>
<div>
and money. They insulted the women. But the farmers refused to</div>
<div>
yield. They did not pay a single pie.</div>
<div>
The government began to auction the houses and the lands.</div>
<div>
But not a single man came forward to buy them. Vallabhbhai had</div>
<div>
appointed volunteers in every village to keep watch. As soon as he</div>
<div>
sighted the officials who were coming to auction the property, the</div>
<div>
volunteer would sound his bugle. The farmers would leave the village</div>
<div>
and hide in the jungles. The officials would find the entire village</div>
<div>
empty. They could never find out who owned a particular house.</div>
<div>
Patel was with the villagers all day and night, and infused</div>
<div>
courage in them.</div>
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"If you still have a shred of fear," he told them, "throw it to the</div>
<div>
bottom of the well. It is the government which is now frightened, not</div>
<div>
we."</div>
<div>
"I, too, am a farmer," said Patel. "I know the mind of the</div>
<div>
farmers. I want that the farmers should be respected and am able to</div>
<div>
hold their heads erect. I can have peace of mind only when that is</div>
<div>
achieved."</div>
<div>
Patel learnt that some rich men were coming from cities to buy</div>
<div>
the lands of the farmers, which were being auctioned. "I am the</div>
<div>
Sardar (chief) in Gujarat," declared Patel; "let them come, I know</div>
<div>
what to do." There was total social boycott of those who bought the</div>
<div>
lands. The rich men who had come from, outside could not get a</div>
<div>
grain of rice or a drop of water, and were glad to escape alive.</div>
<div>
Several members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly</div>
<div>
opposed the unjust policies of the government and resigned.</div>
<div>
Government, too, lost heart. The people's agitation triumphed.</div>
<div>
Vallabhbhai came to be known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The</div>
<div>
farmers of Bardoli presented him with an address and praised his</div>
<div>
greatness and leadership. In reply Patel said: "It was Mahatma</div>
<div>
Gandhi who gave me the herb of Satyagraha. All that I did was to</div>
<div>
administer the medicine. And you strictly followed that doctor's</div>
<div>
instructions. So all that you have said in praise of me in your address</div>
<div>
should belong to him and to you; all that remains for me is the blank</div>
<div>
sheet of paper. The prosperity of the country is in the hands of the</div>
<div>
youth. Do not forget - in every country it is the young who have won</div>
<div>
and consolidated freedom, and passed it on to later generations."</div>
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All India now knew Patel as the Sardar.</div>
<div>
Sardar's fiery words provoked the British Government. It sent</div>
<div>
him to prison twice in 1930. But this only increased his influence.</div>
<div>
Sardar Patel was elected President of the Karachi Session of the</div>
<div>
National Congress, which met in 1931. In his speech Patel declared</div>
<div>
in unmistakable words, "Swaraj (independence) is our goal. There</div>
<div>
cannot be the slightest modification of that goal." The government</div>
<div>
was even more infuriated, and sent him to prison again. He was freed</div>
<div>
only in 1934.</div>
<div>
The Sardar's experiences in the prison make interesting</div>
<div>
reading. He was treated as an ordinary prisoner. There was only one</div>
<div>
lavatory in the prison. Every morning the prisoners had to queue up</div>
<div>
for their turn. And they had to wait in another queue for water. There</div>
<div>
was no secluded place where they could pass urine. The food served</div>
<div>
in the prison was rotten. But nothing could dishearten the Sardar.</div>
<div>
The officials of the prison loved to give the prisoners pinpricks.</div>
<div>
Some friends gave the Sardar as presents a few articles for his use in</div>
<div>
the prison. Among them was a razor. The officials would not let Patel</div>
<div>
have it. Finally Patel protested.</div>
<div>
Patel said, "Why not give me the razor and let me shave all the</div>
<div>
prisoners? That will give me some work to do, and I can spend</div>
<div>
sometime."</div>
<div>
Everyone including the clerks who heard him burst into</div>
<div>
laughter.</div>
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Patel's faith in God and in religion was not obvious to outward</div>
<div>
view, but when he was in prison he got copies of the Bhagavad- Gita</div>
<div>
and the Ramayana through the authorities of the prison. He studied</div>
<div>
and pondered on them every day.</div>
<div>
Elections to the Legislatures of Provinces were held in 1937.</div>
<div>
The Sardar was the Chairman of the Congress Parliamentary Board.</div>
<div>
Under his stewardship the Congress secured a majority of seats in</div>
<div>
eight provinces and formed ministries. The reins of all of them were in</div>
<div>
the hands of the Sardar. He unhesitatingly took to task any minister</div>
<div>
who did wrong.</div>
<div>
In 1942 the Congress called on the British to quit India. It</div>
<div>
started what came to be known as the 'Quit India Movement' or the</div>
<div>
'Chalejav Movement'. The government jailed all the important leaders</div>
<div>
of the Congress, including Sardar Patel. Patel fell ill in the prison. The</div>
<div>
government would not allow his doctor to examine him in the prison.</div>
<div>
All the leaders were released after three years. At the time the</div>
<div>
Muslim League went on creating complications, and made the</div>
<div>
achievement of freedom more difficult. Patel declared, "We shall fight</div>
<div>
all those who come in the way of India's freedom."</div>
<div>
Freedom dawned on the 15th of August 1947. Pandit</div>
<div>
Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of independent</div>
<div>
India. Sardar Patel became the Deputy Prime Minister. He was in</div>
<div>
charge of Home Affairs, Information and Broadcasting and the</div>
<div>
Ministry of States.</div>
<div>
There were more than 600 states in India at that time. Except a</div>
<div>
few they were small states.Some of the Maharajas and Nawabs who</div>
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ruled over these were sensible and patriotic. But most of them were</div>
<div>
drunk with wealth and power. They were dreaming of becoming</div>
<div>
independent rulers once the British quit India. They argued that the</div>
<div>
government of free India should treat them as equals. Some of them</div>
<div>
went to the extent of planning to send their representatives to the</div>
<div>
United Nations Organization.</div>
<div>
If these states had not become a part of free India there would</div>
<div>
have been many problems. India would have had to take their</div>
<div>
permission for trains to pass through their states. If inter-state rivers</div>
<div>
flowed through these states, India would have had to seek their</div>
<div>
permission to use the waters. Their permission would have been</div>
<div>
needed to build dams. And, in the event of a war between India and</div>
<div>
any other country, how would these 600 states behave? Whom would</div>
<div>
they support? It was impossible to tell. These 600 states would have</div>
<div>
been 600 sores in the body of India.</div>
<div>
"if we unite, we can soon make this country prosperous. Come</div>
<div>
and join us. Cooperate with us," so Sardar invited the rulers even</div>
<div>
before Independence Day. He also warned them: "If you do not join</div>
<div>
us before the 15th of August, thereafter the position will be different.</div>
<div>
You may not then get the consideration and the concessions</div>
<div>
you now get." Patel also met a number of rulers and held discussions</div>
<div>
with them. As a result, a number of patriotic rulers joined the Indian</div>
<div>
Union.</div>
<div>
But the rulers of Junagadh and Hyderabad were plotting</div>
<div>
secretly to Join Pakistan.</div>
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Patel sent an army under Brigadier Gurudayalsimha to the</div>
<div>
border of Junagadh to deal with Pakistan. The people of the state</div>
<div>
who wished to join India rebelled against the ruler and set up a</div>
<div>
People's Government. The Nawab, who had tried to betray the</div>
<div>
people, ran away. Patel reached Junagadh on the 12th of November</div>
<div>
1947. In the course of a speech there, he warned that the Nizam of</div>
<div>
Hyderabad would share the fate of the Nawab of Junagadh if he did</div>
<div>
not behave sensibly.</div>
<div>
But the Nizam was slow to learn thelesson. He sent millions of</div>
<div>
rupees to Pakistan.One of his men, Kasim Razvi by name, began to</div>
<div>
harass the Hindus. His gang was called the Razakars. They tried to</div>
<div>
drive the Hindus out of Hyderabad. There was no limit to their crimes.</div>
<div>
They tried to get arms and ammunition from outside.</div>
<div>
Finally Sardar Patel sent some forces under General Chowdury</div>
<div>
to undertake 'Police Action'. Within five days the Nizam was forced to</div>
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surrender. Kasim Razvi ran away to Pakistan. The atrocities of the</div>
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Razakars came to an end and peace returned to Hyderabad. The firm</div>
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policy of Sardar Patel, the Man of Steel, crushed all the plots against</div>
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A similar problem arose in Kashmir. The Maharaja and the</div>
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Legislative Assembly decided that the state should join India. But the</div>
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Pakistan army forcibly occupied two-fifths of Kashmir. The Ministry</div>
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was handling the Kashmir question for Foreign Affairs and there was</div>
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Sardar Patel was a man of remarkable foresight. In 1962 China</div>
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sent her army across the border and India reeled under the blow.</div>
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This is the saddest episode in the history of Free India. But as long</div>
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back as on the 7th of November 1950, Patel wrote a letter to</div>
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Jawaharlal Nehru and declared that China was not to be trusted. He</div>
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wrote: 'The Government of China speaks of its desire for peace and</div>
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is trying to mislead us. Hereafter, in planning the defense of our</div>
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country, we must remember the intentions of Communist, China.'</div>
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Five weeks later Patel passed away. About twelve years after</div>
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his death China attacked India.</div>
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Many people misunderstood Patel. There was false</div>
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propaganda that he did not like Muslims. On the 6th of January 1948,</div>
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speaking in Lucknow, he said, "There is a cry that I am against</div>
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Muslims. But I am their true friend. I cannot beat about the bush. I</div>
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cannot dissemble. Let no one try to have his two feet in two different</div>
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boats. Let every one choose one boat. Let us all, who belong to India,</div>
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swim or sink together."</div>
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The Sardar's plain words made some people angry. They</div>
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complained to Gandhiji. What Sardar Patel said at that time shows</div>
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the superbself-confidence of this mighty man:</div>
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"I cannot speak anything but the truth. I cannot turn back on my</div>
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duty, just to please some one."</div>
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The 30th of January 1948, was a dark day in the history of</div>
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India. An evil man killed Gandhiji on that day. Gandhiji was like an</div>
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elder brother and a Guru to Patel. They had been put in the same jail</div>
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several times.</div>
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Gandhiji has said of their days in prison, "Vallabhbhai's</div>
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affection for me reminded me of my mother. Before that time I had</div>
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not realized that such a tender, affectionate heart was hidden in him."</div>
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Sardar Patel undertook several measures to uphold the</div>
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greatness of India. The sight of the great Somanatha Temple</div>
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practically in ruins because of the repeated attacks of foreigners was</div>
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most painful to him. He undertook the renovation of that temple. He</div>
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made it the symbol of the power and the victory of resurgent India</div>
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who had shaken off the slavery of centuries and felt a new energy</div>
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throbbing in her veins. It was from him that Kania Lal Munshi got the</div>
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inspiration to found the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Bombay.</div>
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Once the engine of the airplane in which he was travelling</div>
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failed, and the vehicle had to make a forced landing on the bank of a</div>
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river at a distance of about thirty miles from Jaipur. The Delhi Airport</div>
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had lost all contact with the airplane. For about four hours Delhi did</div>
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not know what had happened. But luckily the Sardar was safe.</div>
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Two days later the Sardar entered the Lok Sabha. Forgetting all</div>
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rules the members greeted him with cries of 'Sardar Patel Jindabad'.</div>
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The Speaker congratulated the Sardar who was unhurt and</div>
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said, "The misery and the anxiety of the entire nation until news came</div>
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that he was safe show what a place he has won in the hearts of the</div>
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people."</div>
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Eight days later the members ofParliament got up a function to</div>
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Even in his old age the Sardar was sobusy that he did not have</div>
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a moment's rest. He had to tour extensively all over the country this</div>
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affected his health. He passed away in Bombay on the morning of the</div>
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15th of December 1950. The General of Bardoli, the Lion of Gujarat,</div>
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India's Man of Steel, the Sardar of the country's fight for freedom, the</div>
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Mighty Architect of the integrity of India, the Vallabhbhai Patel of rock-</div>
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like will power, was no more.</div>
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He was then seventy-five.</div>
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Prime Minister Nehru said, "His name will live for ever in</div>
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history. He is the Architect of. Modern India. He was a wise counselor</div>
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in the hour of trial, a trustworthy friend and a mine of courage and</div>
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inspiration."</div>
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Patel was known as the Man of Steel. But tenderness was very</div>
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much alive in the steel of his nature. He looked after not only Gandhiji</div>
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but also other friends like Kania Lal Munshi with the affection of a</div>
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mother, when they were all in prison. He did not believe in making</div>
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speeches. He was a man of very few words. He accepted with a calm</div>
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mind whatever life brought him- happiness or sorrow. Pain and</div>
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sorrow could not alter a single line of his face. When necessary he</div>
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could be dominating; but by nature he was very courteous. After the</div>
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Bardoli Satyagraha he became famous all over India. When he went</div>
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to attend the Congress Session he forgot to take his pass with him.</div>
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The volunteers stopped him. He went back. Next day thevolunteers</div>
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understood who he was, and were ashamed. But Patel was not at all</div>
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displeased.</div>
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It is a hundred years since this hero, the Sardar, was born. Let</div>
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us remember him with reverence and bow to him. Let us emulate his</div>
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admirable qualities.</div>
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