At 182 metres, not just in height, but it will also stand tall for historical, academic, national and spiritual values. But in October that year, Modi made his plan public. The daunting scale and nature had raised scepticism even within a section of the state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) about his government’s ability to execute the plan. 31 and is slated to be the world's tallest statue. The 182-meter tall tribute to Indian freedom fighter Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, will be inaugurated on Oct. Final touches being given to the Statue of Unity at Kevadia, about 200 kilometers from Ahmadabad, Thursday, October 18, 2018. The ‘National Unity Day’ or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas commemorates Sardar Patel every year on 31 October.Eight years after proposing the ambitious project to his cabinet in 2010 ahead of his 10th year as Gujarat chief minister and exactly five years laying its foundation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Wednesday inaugurate the giant Statue of Unity commemorating India’s first home minister Vallabhbhai Patel, who played a decisive role in the country’s unification following independence from British rule. In 1991, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.He united 565 princely states to be part of India. He is acknowledged for the political integration of over 500 princely states into the independent Indian Union.Eventually, Sardar Patel became the first deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India in 1947.However, upon Mahatma Gandhi’s behest he stepped down as a candidate and endorsed Jawaharlal Nehru instead. In 1946, during Congress elections thirteen out of sixteen states chose Sardar Patel as their president, who was the more popular candidate for the first Prime Minister of independent India than Jawaharlal Nehru.
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