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Vallabhbhai Patel

1875 - 1950

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Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (Gujarati: [ʋəlːəbʱ.bʱɑi dʒʱəʋeɾbʱɑi pəʈel]; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an Indian independence activist and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, who played a significant role in the Indian independence movement and India's political integration. In India and elsewhere, he was often called Sardar, meaning "chief". He acted as the Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vallabhbhai Patel is the 247th most popular politician (up from 1,551st in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from India (up from 54th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Politician.

Vallabhbhai patel is most famous for being one of the main leaders of the Indian independence movement and for his role in the country's struggle for independence. He was a great advocate of nonviolent civil disobedience.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vallabhbhai Patel ranks 247 out of 19,576. Before him are Clovis I, William Ewart Gladstone, Louis IX of France, Yuri Andropov, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. After him are Emperor Meiji, Bashar al-Assad, Harun al-Rashid, Ay, Mustafa I, and Barbara Bush.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Vallabhbhai Patel ranks 5. Before him are Carl Jung, Thomas Mann, Maurice Ravel, and Aleister Crowley. After him are Syngman Rhee, Rainer Maria Rilke, Albert Schweitzer, D. W. Griffith, Ibn Saud, Ferdinand Porsche, and Jeanne Calment. Among people deceased in 1950, Vallabhbhai Patel ranks 2. Before him is George Orwell. After him are George Bernard Shaw, Gustaf V of Sweden, Johannes V. Jensen, Joseph Schumpeter, Norman Haworth, Vaslav Nijinsky, Albert Lebrun, Léon Blum, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, and Heinrich Mann.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vallabhbhai Patel ranks 11 out of 1,861. Before him are George Orwell (1903), Ashoka (-304), Rajneesh (1931), Rabindranath Tagore (1861), Swami Vivekananda (1863), and Kālidāsa (400). After him are Ramakrishna (1836), Pratibha Patil (1934), Mahavira (-599), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Amitabh Bachchan (1942), and Droupadi Murmu (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Vallabhbhai Patel ranks 4. Before him are Indira Gandhi (1917), Narendra Modi (1950), and Ashoka (-304). After him are Pratibha Patil (1934), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Droupadi Murmu (1958), B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), and Razia Sultana (1205).

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