
Jubilee special: In this way Sardar Patel threaded India in the form of unity
Independent India’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was made a Member of the State Ministry on behalf of Indian side in July 1947. During this time he was assigned the task of laying 550 princely states in the form of unity. By the end of January 1948, only Hyderabad and Junagadh were left for talks. Even in October 1947 it was part of Kashmir. The fast-paced mission to bring the states together, famously known as Iron Man of India, was greatly appreciated but it was not so easy. They…