Vallabhbhai had invented a unique formula to demoralize British magistrates and British officials and to talk to them on an equal footing. He wore expensive English clothes, put on his hat, smoked his cigar like him, and spoke fluent English like him.
No other person or magistrate knew the law as much as he remembered. That's why he became invincible in the court. Yes. V. Mavalankar, who later became the Speaker of India's first Lok Sabha, has written about Patel's personality of those days - 'A agile young man. Dressed up in a luxurious suit.
Wear a special angled fenet. He is a bit harsh and short-spoken in nature. Eyes bright and sharp, as if pierced deep inside. Responds to the greeting, but does not move the conversation beyond that. Looks down upon the whole world as it is from the height of its excellence.
Whenever he speaks something with this feeling of superiority, there is a glimpse of confidence in his every word. Such is the new barrister who came to Ahmedabad.'