The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Narendra Modi is going to install a 182 meter high and grand statue of Sardar Patel on an island in the Narmada river, which has been named Statue of Unity. This will be the tallest statue in the world. It will be ready in five years and will cost about Rs 2500 crore. For this idol, iron is being collected from farmers and laborers from every village of the country. The foundation stone of this memorial has been laid on 31 October 2013 on the occasion of 137th birth anniversary of Patel. With this huge nationwide event, information about the contribution made by Sardar Patel to the nation will also reach 120 crore people of the country, which will strengthen the feeling of nationalism among the countrymen.
Such was the personality of Patel, whose attraction was not only to the British rulers of that time, He used to speak loudly to the heads of Indian leaders and countrymen, but even today he increases the heartbeat of the countrymen. Patel, for many more ages to come Will remain the object of reverence and respect for the countrymen. He was born in a small village in Gujarat and played a leading role in getting the country independence by taking on the world's biggest imperial power. There were hundreds of other leaders who played a role in the independence of the country, but Sardar Patel mixed the unique element of intense nationalism in the freedom struggle, Very few leaders could mix that element.
This is the right time when the full story of Sardar Patel reaches the youth of the country. Who was Patel? What did he do? Why could he do something that other leaders could not? How did he distinguish himself in the crowd of the big leaders of his era? How the iron chieftain made of flesh and blood united the 562 princely states of the country and created the nation of India. He was a unique son of the nation, He used to compete with anyone for the national interest and never asked anything from anyone for self interest. He struggles, He kept the prison and torture for himself and gave the credit of freedom to the prime minister's chair to others. Read the full story of this unique leader with a heart of gold and hands of iron in this book.
– Dr. Mohanlal Gupta