In 1917, an epidemic of plague spread in Ahmedabad. Not only was there an outbreak in dirty areas, people died in some posh colonies too. This led Patel to guess that people did not know how to deal with the plague. That is why he took some people with him and formed a committee which started work
When Vallabhbhai got settled in Ahmedabad, Vithalbhai stopped the work of advocate in Bombay and started the work of social service. With this the responsibility of nurturing both the families fell on Vallabhbhai. Vallabhbhai gladly accepted this responsibility. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned t
Vallabhbhai was very fond of playing bridge, he was also proficient in this game. In those days there used to be a lawyers club in Ahmedabad in which Patel used to go to play bridge. Mr Wadia, another member of the club, was proud of his bridge play. Once he challenged Vallabhbhai to play bridge.
Once Vallabhbhai applied for the bail of one of his clients in a court. That client was from Kheda district. The people of this district were considered by the British government to be criminals. Therefore the magistrate did not accept his bail. On this Vallabhbhai asked the magistrate whether the
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
Vallabhbhai made meticulous preparations for the smooth running of the Bardoli movement. He divided Bardoli tehsil into five parts and established a cantonment in each part. In these cantonments, basic facilities were raised for the residence of the farmers so that when the government took unjust ac
In AD 1927, Ahmedabad was suffering due to heavy rains, but in Bardoli taluka of Kathiawar region, the crops were very good that year. The government increased the land revenue on Bardoli by 30 percent. This was utter injustice. There was no such law. Thats why the public approached Sardar Patel. Sa
In AD 1927, there was terrible rain in Gujarat. The city of Ahmedabad received an average of 30 inches of rainfall throughout the year, but 68 inches of rain fell from July 23 to July 28 that year. This caused terrible floods in Ahmedabad and 5093 houses collapsed. Because of this many people died,
By now Sardar Patel had become the heartbeat of the people. He had successfully led the movements of Bardoli, Nagpur and Borsad by giving up his big money. Therefore, in AD 1924, the people of Ahmedabad elected Sardar Patel as the President of Ahmedabad Municipality. Ahmedabad used to be a dirty cit
Borsad was the old Karmabhoomi of Sardar Patel. There suddenly a series of thefts started. Robberies started happening and other crimes also increased. When the public asked the government to rein in the criminals, the government accused the public that the people of Borsad are very cowardly and sub
In May 1923, the British Collector of Nagpur banned the carrying of the tricolor flag. On this, the batches of Swarajists started taking out flags and making arrests. One day Jamnalal Bajaj, leading the Swarajists, took out a flag procession. They were also taken prisoner. When Sardar Patel got th
Satyagraha movement was going on in full swing across the country. Due to this the condition of the British government became weak. People were eating sticks and there were agitations, dharnas, processions and demonstrations. The people of the country, having full faith in the principle of non-viole
After the Congress again accepted the proposal of non-cooperation movement in the Nagpur session, Gandhiji chose a place called Bardoli in Gujarat to start the non-cooperation movement and gave the responsibility of leading it to Vallabhbhai. Vallabhbhai accepted the orders of Gandhiji and accepted
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Patel was kept in the jail along with ordinary prisoners. They were given jowar roti, some vegetables or pulses to eat. A blanket was given to sleep. The farmers son did not face any difficulty in this type of life. He would recite the Gita in jail and inspire the prisoners to participate in the fre
On the other hand Gandhi was preparing for the Dandi Yatra and here Sardar carrying his bag was going from village to village and raining fire with speeches. Sardar informed the people that during the civil disobedience movement, taxation, rent ban, liquor ban, salt satyagraha, jungle satyagraha, ga
Gandhiji announced the Civil Disobedience Movement and made a program to break the salt law by traveling on foot from Sabarmati to Dandi. This journey was to start on 12 March 1930. Gandhi put the entire responsibility of making it successful on Sardar Patel. Sardar took his bag and went on a tour
In December 1929, the Congress session was scheduled to be held in Lahore. Till now the Congress had been telling the colonial state as its main demand, but the young leaders did not like this demand. He wanted to declare Purna Swaraj as his goal. Three names came from the provinces for the presiden
After visiting Karnataka, Sardar Patel visited Bihar for 15 days. During this he addressed the district conferences organized in Sitamarhi, Munger, Champaran and Gaya. When the people of Bihar came to know that Sardar Patel had come, people from far and wide started coming to listen to him. The cond
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