15 December 1950 – was the day India lost its ‘Iron Man ’ –Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
He was the India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of independent India.
Patel is credited for unifying the country by presiding over the merger of hundreds of princely states into the Union.
PM Modi pays tributes to Sardar Patel on death anniversary -
"I pay homage to Sardar Patel on his Punya Tithi and recall his everlasting contribution to India, especially in uniting our nation and giving impetus to all-round development - Modi tweeted.
To remember Iron Man of india, we revisit some of his most inspiring quotes:
"Faith is of no avail in absence of strength. Faith and strength, both are essential to accomplish any great work."
"Manpower without unity is not a strength unless it is harmonised and united properly, then it becomes a spiritual power."
" Satyagraha is not a creed for the weak or the cowardly."