{"id":492885,"date":"2023-10-31T10:57:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T05:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=492885"},"modified":"2023-10-31T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T05:28:03","slug":"sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-birth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/sardar-vallabhbhai-patel-birth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel birth anniversary: PM Modi pays tribute; Amit Shah flags off Run for Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished the country on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel on Tuesday, October 31. In remembrance of Sardar Patel&#8217;s national service, Prime Minister Modi said the citizens are still guided by his dedication to national integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the occasion of Sardar Patel&#8217;s birth anniversary, the Prime Minister visited a daredevil stunts event hosted by women members of the CRPF at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat. Notably, Sardar Patel\u2014who is regarded as the CRPF&#8217;s founder\u2014had visions that were followed in the formation of the central force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking to X, formerly Twitter, on the Jayanti of Sardar Patel, we remember his indomitable spirit, visionary statesmanship and the extraordinary dedication with which he shaped the destiny of our nation. His commitment to national integration continues to guide us. We are forever indebted to his service, the PM said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the Jayanti of Sardar Patel, we remember his indomitable spirit, visionary statesmanship and the extraordinary dedication with which he shaped the destiny of our nation. His commitment to national integration continues to guide us. We are forever indebted to his service.<\/p>&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1719159395022787035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel&#8217;s birth anniversary, President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and a number of other dignitaries paid tribute to him. On his birth day, known as Rashtriya Ekta Divas,\u00a0President Murmu, Dhankhar, Shah, and others attended a special celebration at Patel Chowk in the nation&#8217;s capital where they laid floral tributes at the statue of India&#8217;s first Home Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Delhi LG VK Saxena and Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi pay floral tributes at the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Patel Chowk on his birth anniversary. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UFPG71fx0J\">pic.twitter.com\/UFPG71fx0J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1719168758290555047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shah, meanwhile, inaugurated the Run For Unity&nbsp;at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium and honoured the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas&nbsp;celebrations as the principal guest. In the nation&#8217;s capital, on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel&#8217;s birthday, he also delivered the Unity oath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the assembly on the occasion, Shah asserted that Sardar Patel is the driving force behind India&#8217;s unity. He went on to say that Sardar would always have the nation&#8217;s gratitude. Speaking at length about the history of India&#8217;s unification, Shah said that it was difficult to have a unified India because the British had divided the nation into more than principalities at the time of its independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Union Home Minister Amit Shah administered the Unity oath, on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, in Delhi. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HrfB0apFZb\">pic.twitter.com\/HrfB0apFZb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1719172913809723825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Union Home Minister, Run for Unity\u00a0is an appropriate homage to Sardar Patel and a means for the Indian people to reiterate their commitment to a united and powerful India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the occasion of Sardar Patel&#8217;s birth anniversary, the Prime Minister visited a daredevil stunts event hosted by women members of the CRPF at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":492891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497,125714],"tags":[209,165,161129,1642,161128],"yst_prominent_words":[39546,4351,3688,3903,4396,28036,10912,27661,88701,8487,8484,17825],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/10\/31105611\/ezgif-1-07e3d6c284-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492885"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=492885"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=492885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->