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On the death anniversary of #SardarVallabhbhaiPatel will be taking a look at his life. This will be quite a long thread, as there is a whole lot to this man, who made modern India. The Iron Man of India to whom we owe a lot. 
When one thinks of #SardarVallabhbhaiPatel , there is just so much to the man, that it is well impossible to explore his life in a thread. But if I had to choose one part of his life, it would be the way he integrated, 500 odd princely states, into one nation.
Imagine having to deal with multiple mini states, each having their own set of issues, and welding them into one single nation. Add to it, a newly independent India, dealing with the trauma of Partition, the Pakistan attack on Kashmir, and u had Hyderabad.
My thread on @HardikPatel_
1.He was a very powerful & popular leader when he headed the PAAS agitation for reservation for Patels. His agitation is believed to have been instigated by few people in BJP who were happy to see that the agitation cost the Chief minister her seat.
1.He was a very powerful & popular leader when he headed the PAAS agitation for reservation for Patels. His agitation is believed to have been instigated by few people in BJP who were happy to see that the agitation cost the Chief minister her seat.
@HardikPatel_ 2. But the same very people who helped him financially & celebrated @anandibenpatel 's ouster deserted Hardik. Why? @HardikPatel_ in the past has confessed to going to RSS Shakha, When the BJP went against him, he was hounded. A Sex CD showing him drinking and having sex surfaced
@HardikPatel_ @anandibenpatel 3. @HardikPatel_ then invoked Mahatma Gandhi. Using his besties @jigneshmevani80 and @AlpeshThakor_ , he joined #COngress claiming he wanted to rout out corrupt #BJP from #Gujarat that was dividing the State &doing nothing for the youth. He protested against fix pay,youth issues.
भारत की स्वतंत्रता के समय सभी की दृष्टि कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष पद की और थी,क्योंकि स्वतंत्रता के बाद कांग्रेस के तत्कालीन अध्यक्ष को भारत का प्रथम प्रधानमंत्री होने का गौरव प्राप्त होता।अध्यक्ष पद की दौड़ में दो लोग शामिल थे, एक थे नेहरू और दूसरे थे #SardarVallabhbhaiPatel 1/4
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जब परिणाम सामने आये, तो सब चौंक गए। 15 में से 12 राज्य समितियों ने #SardarPatel के नाम का समर्थन किया, जबकि 3 राज्यों ने किसी के भी नाम का समर्थन नहीं किया। इस प्रकार पंडित जवाहरलाल नेहरू को किसी का भी समर्थन प्राप्त नहीं हुआ। 2/4
अतः यह तय हो गया था कि #SardarVallabhbhaiPatel ही अगले कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष होंगे, परन्तु महात्मा गांधी पंडित नेहरू को प्रधानमंत्री के रूप में देखना चाहते थे, इसलिए उन्होंने #SardarPatel पर अपना नाम वापस लेने का दबाव बनाया। 3/4
Happy #EktaDiwas to all.
Tributes to #SardarVallabhbhaiPatel.
He will always be remembered as the man who united the nation.
A brief thread with a contrarian view follows:
Tributes to #SardarVallabhbhaiPatel.
He will always be remembered as the man who united the nation.
A brief thread with a contrarian view follows:
1. There has been a consensus so far that making all princely states join the union of India was a wonderful thing.
And then, there was these massive state reorganisations starting from 1956.
And then, there was these massive state reorganisations starting from 1956.
2. First point to accept: the “provinces” under British were already large.
But, are we supposed to believe that none of the “founding fathers” who fought for independence were unaware of the local history? I don’t buy such a claim.
But, are we supposed to believe that none of the “founding fathers” who fought for independence were unaware of the local history? I don’t buy such a claim.
Here is a conversation between #SardarVallabhbhaiPatel and #Chakma leader Sneha Kumar Chakma regarding inclusion of #ChittagongHillTracts under India in 1947.
Brfore partition, July 1947
Sneha Kumar Chakma-
"I am flying back to CHT to declare it INDIA AND RESIST if it happens otherwise! Will you stand behind me, Sir?"
Sardar-
"Certainly, I will be with you, behind CHT! Go back, hurry back"!
Sneha Kumar Chakma-
"I am flying back to CHT to declare it INDIA AND RESIST if it happens otherwise! Will you stand behind me, Sir?"
Sardar-
"Certainly, I will be with you, behind CHT! Go back, hurry back"!
After awarding CHT to Pakistan.
SKC- "We are resisting. I am sent to you for arms & ammunition".
Sardar- "Only arms & ammunition"?
SKC- "Yes. Only arms & ammunition. People of CHT are ready to fight out their own field. They can adopt to all weapons necessary at present."
SKC- "We are resisting. I am sent to you for arms & ammunition".
Sardar- "Only arms & ammunition"?
SKC- "Yes. Only arms & ammunition. People of CHT are ready to fight out their own field. They can adopt to all weapons necessary at present."
🇮🇳wouldn’t have suffered at the hands of @INCIndia for 70yrs had
#SardarVallabhbhaiPatel become our 1st PM!
1946,only 1 of the 16 PCC Presidents voted for #Nehru ,15 for #SardarPatel
#Gandhi used his veto power in favour of #Nehru because he’d threatened to split the Congress!
#SardarVallabhbhaiPatel become our 1st PM!
1946,only 1 of the 16 PCC Presidents voted for #Nehru ,15 for #SardarPatel
#Gandhi used his veto power in favour of #Nehru because he’d threatened to split the Congress!
#Gandhi had a soft corner for #Nehru since the beginning
he had preferred Nehru over #SardarPatel twice for the post of Congress president, in 1929 & 1937.
Nehru made it clear that he’d not play 2nd fiddle to anybody
Gandhi feared that he’d revolt if denied PM’s post!
he had preferred Nehru over #SardarPatel twice for the post of Congress president, in 1929 & 1937.
Nehru made it clear that he’d not play 2nd fiddle to anybody
Gandhi feared that he’d revolt if denied PM’s post!
High Command’s Forced Decision making, Democracy @INCIndia ?
Follies of #Nehru on Kashmir,China proved-
showing utter disregard to overwhelming support from majority of PCCs for #SardarVallabhBhaiPatel
#Gandhi made a blunder by imposing Nehru on Nation weary of Colonial burden!
Follies of #Nehru on Kashmir,China proved-
showing utter disregard to overwhelming support from majority of PCCs for #SardarVallabhBhaiPatel
#Gandhi made a blunder by imposing Nehru on Nation weary of Colonial burden!
