Sardar Patel had just retired from the work of public awareness in Maharashtra that he was invited by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari to preside over the Tamil Nadu political conference to be held at Vedaranya. Patel expressed his reluctance as usual. On this Rajaji contacted Gandhiji. Gandhiji repeated
After the success of Bardoli, Sardar Patel came to be seen as a miracle man. He had done what no one had been able to do before him. The Ghori government of Bombay was seen laying down its arms for the first time. Therefore, wherever Sardar Patel went, people would gather to see him. Now he was a na
The Governor of Bombay was shaken after reading the letter of Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi. He got an idea of the power of Sardar Patel. He also understood why all the government tactics to thwart the movement were proving to be in vain. The fierce form that Bardoli Satyagraha had assumed was not a
Even after the atrocities committed on the farmers, when the Bardoli movement did not relax, the British government took two new measures. They started sending gangs of goons to the villages, who would go to the villages to beat up the people and misbehave with the women. At the same time, the gover
When the farmers did not pay the tax, the government started its aggressive actions. The government imposed a tax of Rs 700 on a farmer and confiscated his land worth Rs 40,000 for non-payment of tax. Another farmer had 33 acres of fertile land which was valued at around Rs 15,000. The government se
In order to avenge its terrible defeat in the First World War, Germany, under the leadership of Hitler, climbed the British and their allied countries with fierce weapons in 1939. When his armies advanced by trampling Poland, it became necessary to stop Germany. England and its allies declared war o
In 1939, the Congress session was decided to be held in Tripura. Subhas Chandra Boses name was proposed from most of the provinces to preside over the Tripura Conference. Subhash Chandra had presided over last years convention and his popularity was at its peak at this time. The Gandhian leaders of
Elections to the Central Legislative Assembly were held before the Provincial Legislative Assemblies. There were two seats from Bombay on which Congress won the K. F. Nariman and Dr. Deshmukh were given tickets. Nariman was then the President of the Bombay Congress Committee. They wanted Congress to
After organizing three Round Table Conferences, the government enacted the Government of India Act 1935 and held general elections to constitute legislative assemblies in the central and British Indian provinces. The Congress also decided to contest the elections to the Legislative Assemblies and fo
Shortly after Sardar Patels release from jail, plague broke out in 27 villages of Borsad tehsil. This area had already suffered this epidemic, but this time its threat was very strong. Hearing the name of the plague, the relatives also ran away leaving the sick to die. Sardar Patel was anticipating
After the Round Table Conference, Gandhi met Hoare, Minister of India Affairs in London and requested him to solve Indias problem. Hoare bluntly replied to Gandhiji that nothing will be given to you and now we will not even allow the Congress to survive. Thus, on 28 December 1931, Gandhiji once ag
When Gandhiji and other Congress leaders reached Karachi to participate in the Karachi convention, thousands of youths raised slogans against them. Coping with this dire situation was not easy. In this hour of crisis, Gandhiji entrusted Patel with the responsibility of presiding over the conference,
The British government wanted to take the Congress to the Second Round Table Conference at any cost. Therefore, due to the efforts of Tej Bahadur Sapoor and Jayakar, on March 5, 1931, an agreement was reached between Viceroy Lord Irwin and Gandhiji which is called Gandhi-Irwin Pact. The Congress had
After sending Sardar Patel to jail, the Ghori government broke the agreements of Borsad and Bardoli and started collecting increased taxes from the people. The peasants were forced to start the old movement again. When police atrocities increased, many farmers fled into the forests with their famili
Now the civil disobedience movement was in the hands of Sardar Patel, so it was natural for it to intensify. The program got so fast that the Ghori government panicked and banned the activities of the Congress Working Committee and sealed its offices across the country. On this Sardar Patel roared
While expressing his views on the Mountbatten plan in the Congress session on 14 June 1947, Govind Vallabh Pant said- The only way to achieve independence is the acceptance of the plan of June 3, 1947. Describing the necessity of the partition of India, Sardar Patel said- If a part of the body is da
Jinnah was sobbing for Pakistan and was not ready to take anything less than that but Gandhiji and Maulana Abul Kalam did not want to give Pakistan to him at any cost. Thats why Mountbatten was not able to decide whether he should go away by giving the right to rule to Akhand Bharat or give Pakistan
Liaquat Ali, a Muslim League member of the Interim Government, in his budget speech proposed to set up a commission to investigate allegations of non-payment of income tax by industrialists and businessmen and recover old income tax. He declared that these proposals were prepared on the basis of the
As Indias independence was approaching, an atmosphere of mistrust was building all around in India. Jinnah and the Muslim League distrusted the Congress and the Congress distrusted Viceroy Wavell. The Viceroy had distrust in the Government of England and Prime Minister Attlee did not trust the Vicer
On 12 August 1946, the Viceroy sent an invitation to Congress President Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru to form the Interim Government and Nehru formed the Interim Government. Sardar Patel was made the Home Minister. Nehru left the post of Congress President and Acharya Kriplani was made the President of Congr
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It was a real drama that took place in Mayerling at the beginning of the year 1889 . Empress Elisabeth, known as Sissi, and Emperor François-Joseph mourn the death of their son , Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria. Assassination or suicide? Lets go back together to the circumstances of this tragedy whic