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Post by Vikas Gurjar on Nov 7, 2012 12:08:16 GMT 5.5
The real architect of the Constitution
First deputy prime minister and home minister of India
Vallabhbhai Patel was born on October 31, 1875, in a farmer's family in Nadiad, Gujarat. His father, Zaverbhai, had served in the army of Jhansi ki Rani, and his mother, Ladbai, was a deeply religious woman.
He was a Lehva patidar or Lehva Patel Gurjar. (surname was Lohia or Lohmor) from village Nadiad, Gujrat.
Sardar Vallab Bhai Patel played the key role in uniting the 604 different riyasats during the process of independence. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel also played a decisive role in the Constituent Assembly and remained the moving spirit behind some of the landmark provisions of Indian principles.
Patel, a man of action, spoke only when necessary in the Constituent Assembly, yet his impact on the Constitution was much wider than his intervention in the debates.
He played an important role in the selection of members of the drafting committee. He took a strong stand for or against Jawaharlal Nehru on key issues such as fundamental rights, the position of the prime minister, the election procedure of the President and the status of Kashmir. "The Iron Man so dominated the assembly that the Constitution which emerged from it bore his stamp and could be aptly called the Patel Constitution
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