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Vande Mataram transformed love for motherland into national duty: Vice President

Vice President C P Radhakrishnan. (File)
Published on Jul 11, 2026 09:03 am IST

Nehru wanted to build Babri mosque using public funds: Rajnath

Rajnath Singh said Sardar Patel could have become the Prime Minister, but he never hankered for any position in his career.
Published on Dec 02, 2025 06:47 pm IST

Ekta Yatra: Yogi recalls Sardar Patel’s stress on discipline, unity

UP CM said it was a matter of pride that the country is celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel. (HT file)
Published on Nov 11, 2025 03:02 am IST

How Sardar Patel rose from the fields of Gujarat

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s house in Nadiad where he was born on October 31, 1875, with a bust of Mahatma Gandhi in the courtyard. (HT)
Updated on Nov 01, 2025 02:34 am IST

'Youth will remember him through Statue of Unity': Sardar Patel's grandson

Artists perform during the 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' programme organised on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 150th birth anniversary, at the Statue of Unity.
Published on Oct 31, 2025 03:08 pm IST

Insights into the Iron Man

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressing the nation from All India Radio Station in New Delhi. (HT Archives)
Published on Oct 31, 2025 02:25 pm IST

PM Modi pays floral tribute to Sardar Patel on his 150th birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to the country's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 150th birth anniversary, at the Statue of Unity, Kevadia, in Narmada district of Gujarat.
Published on Oct 31, 2025 09:24 am IST

Opposition engages in divisive politics, BJP promotes message of unity: AK Sharma

AK Sharma stated that programmes will be organised in schools and parks on October 31, including essay competitions, speech contests, rangoli competitions, and painting competitions celebrating the remarkable personality of the Iron Man. (HT FILE PHOTO)
Published on Oct 26, 2025 03:06 am IST

PM Modi blames partition for Pahalgam attack: ‘We should have...’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the celebration of 20 years of Gujarat's Urban Growth Story and launch of 'Urban Development Year, 2025', in Gandhinagar, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
Updated on May 27, 2025 05:59 pm IST

Cong derived max strength from Gujarat, have come here for inspiration: Kharge

Ahmedabad: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during the extended CWC meeting at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (PTI)
Updated on Apr 08, 2025 04:43 pm IST

From the Archive: A charter of liberty

The front page of HT on November 27, 1949 capturing the adoption of the Constitution. (HT ARCHIVE)
Updated on Nov 29, 2024 05:18 pm IST

Congress vs BJP: Lok Sabha debutants fight it out for key seat in Gujarat

Congress candidate Geniben Thakor.
Updated on May 01, 2024 11:29 pm IST

‘Will have to listen to youth, believe in their power’, says Amit Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah.
Published on Dec 16, 2023 09:15 pm IST

Lt governor Manoj Sinha flags off ‘Run for Unity’

Lt governor Manoj Sinha flags off ‘Run for Unity’ (PTI)
Published on Oct 31, 2023 11:01 pm IST

National Unity Day: Why India celebrates Ekta Diwas on October 31? Know history

National Unity Day 2023: Why India celebrates Ekta Diwas on October 31? Know history and significance
Published on Oct 30, 2023 07:57 pm IST

Savarkar in, Nehru kept out from list of great leaders in UP syllabus

A UP minister said that Nehru was excluded as he “has not made the supreme sacrifice for the country”. (Representational image)
Updated on Jun 24, 2023 03:04 am IST

HT This Day: June 5, 1949 -- Armed forces academy inaugurated

HT This Day: June 5, 1949 -- Armed forces academy inaugurated
Updated on Jun 04, 2023 08:43 pm IST

National Education Day 2022: PM Modi pays tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

National Education Day 2022: The Central government in September, 2008 declared November 11 as National Education Day and it was first celebrated on November 11 that year.
Published on Nov 11, 2022 01:26 pm IST

‘Centre will spare no effort in relief ops': PM Modi on Gujarat bridge collapse

Rescuers search for survivors after a suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi town in the western state of Gujarat, India,
Updated on Oct 31, 2022 10:12 am IST

Amit Shah expresses grief over loss of lives in Morbi bridge collapse

Union home minister Amit Shah. (Screengrab of video/Amit Shah Twitter)
Published on Oct 31, 2022 09:10 am IST

Statue of Unity footfall logs 30.5% rise, crosses pre-Covid numbers

A view of the Statue of Unity at Kevadiya colony in Gujarat’s Narmada district. (Santosh Hirlekar / PTI)
Published on May 02, 2022 03:53 am IST

On Vallabhbhai Patel's death anniversary, tributes pour in for ‘India’s unifier'

Post Independence, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was handed the home ministry and also became the first deputy PM of India.
Published on Dec 15, 2021 10:12 am IST

'Scared of an Italian': BJP on Karnataka leaders' video over Sardar Patel photo

Screenshot from the viral video shared by BJP leader CT Ravi. 
Published on Nov 24, 2021 02:34 pm IST

National Unity Day: As India pays tributes to Sardar Patel, know the history

23 January 1950 - Sardar Patel pressing the button to unveil a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the Delhi Town Hall 
Published on Oct 31, 2021 09:48 am IST

‘Committed a sin’: BJP slams Cong over alleged anti-Patel remarks in CWC meet

Tariq Hameed Karra joining Congress in 2017 (PTI)
Published on Oct 18, 2021 02:21 pm IST

PM Modi inaugurates Sardardham Bhavan; pays tribute to Sardar Patel

Sardardham Bhavan in Ahmedabad (Image courtesy: sardardham.org)
Published on Sept 11, 2021 12:17 pm IST

Govt clarifies on controversy over Motera stadium being named after PM

Motera Stadium is the world's largest cricket stadium.
Updated on Feb 25, 2021 12:36 pm IST

Statue of Unity - A rare first

Gujarat, India- October 30, 2018: A view of the memorial to the ‘Iron Man of India’ Sardar Vallabhai Patel which was commissioned in 2018, five years after work began
Updated on Mar 09, 2026 07:43 pm IST

PM Modi pays tributes to Sardar Patel on his death anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary.
Updated on Dec 15, 2020 08:39 am IST