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      • “Sardar Patel was entirely the creation of Gandhiji….He was one of the many lawyers of Gujarat with hardly any interest or place in the public life of the country. When Gandhiji settled in Ahmedabad, he picked out Patel and step by step built him up….Patel owed everything to Gandhiji.”
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    Around 40 years before Narendra Modi, Chakravarty Rajgopalachari, India’s last Governor-General and a former colleague of Jawaharlal Nehru and the first Home Minister of independent India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, uttered the same statement Swarajya.

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  4. www.indiatvnews.com › politics › nationalWhy Gandhi opted for Nehru and not Sardar Patel for PM

    Oct 31, 2012 · A disappointed Gandhi gave into Nehru's obduracy and asked Sardar Patel to withdraw his name. Sardar Patel had immense respect for Gandhi and he withdrew his candidature without wasting any...

  5. www.indiatoday.in › fyi › storyThe day Mahatma Gandhi died, Sardar Vallabbhai Patel made a ...

    Jul 7, 2017 · Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Deputy Prime Minister of India, was against Nehru's way of work as the Prime Minister of India. He took his objection to Mahatma Gandhi who asked him to promise that he would never resign from his post. The very same evening, Naturam Godse assassinated Gandhiji.

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  7. theprint.in › opinion › jawaharlal-nehrus-electionIn Patel vs Nehru saga, remember that India's first PM wasn't ...

    Feb 9, 2018 · Despite Gandhiji’s open support for Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress party overwhelmingly wanted Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as the president and consequently the first Prime Minister of India, because Patel was considered “a great executive, organizer and leader” with his feet firmly on the ground.

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  8. www.esamskriti.com › e › HistoryWhy did Gandhi make Nehru Prime Minister and not Sardar Patel

    May 3, 2024 · Why did Gandhi nominate Nehru and not Sardar as his successor/PM? Here is gist of answer given by Rajmohan Gandhi (grandson of Mahatma) in his book PATEL-A Life. “It was on 15/01/1942 that Gandhi designated Nehru as his successor.

  9. thenorthlines.com › gandhi-opted-nehru-not-sardarWhy Gandhi opted for Nehru and not Sardar Patel for PM?

    Aug 19, 2017 · Sardar Patel had immense respect for Gandhi and he withdrew his candidature without wasting any time. And it paved the way for the coronation of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru as India's first Prime Minister. But why did Gandhi overlook the overwhelming support for Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel? Why was he so enamoured with Nehru?

  10. www.deccanchronicle.com › opinion › op-edThe greatest Indian after the Mahatma? Why Gandhi chose Nehru ...

    Nov 15, 2018 · Twice later, in 1936 and 1946, Gandhi preferred Nehru over Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for the Congress presidentship. The reasons were not too different from 1929.