Fight for independence
In September 1917, Patel delivered a speech in Borsad, encouraging Indians nationwide to sign Gandhi’s petition demanding Swaraj – self-rule – from Britain. A month later, he met Gandhi for the first time at the Gujarat Political Conference in Godhra. On Gandhi’s encouragement, Patel became the secretary of the Gujarat Sabha, a public body that would become the Gujarati arm of
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel,[9][10] one of the six children of Jhaverbhai Patel and Ladba, was born in Nadiad, Gujarat.[11] Patel’s date of birth was never officially recorded; Patel entered it as 31 October on his matriculation examination papers.[12] He belonged to the Patidars, specifically the Leva Patel community of Central Gujarat; although after his fame, both Leva Patel and Kadava Patidar have claimed him as one
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