- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Earned the title ‘Sardar’ at the Bardoli Satyagraha in Gujarat in 1928.
Lead an all-out rebellion to galvanize the people of India in 1942.
Helped integrate over 500 princely states into the Union of India in 1947.
“There were many who used to think that a diverse country like India can never remain united. It will fall apart.
But, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel showed how it is done. We should learn how to grow from strength to strength, how to always stay united.
Sardar Patel used Kautilya's wisdom and Shivaji Maharaj's bravery to achieve the great feat of uniting India after partition.
He did something that was unparalleled. From Kutch to Kohima, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Sardar Patel united the country.
It is because of him that we can travel to all the great sites and meet the great people of all the states within India without a visa”
– Narendra Damodardas Modi at the inauguration of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Statue.
"Present-day India owes an immeasurable debt of gratitude to the vision, tact, diplomacy, and pragmatic approach of the Sardar.
In preventing balkanization of the country and merger of more than 560 princely states with the Union of India.
What makes this stupendous integration most remarkable is that it was achieved without any bloodshed.”
– M. Venkaiah Naidu at the inauguration of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Statue.