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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: Life, Work and Views

 
Ravindra Kumar (Author)
Synopsis Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was a great genius and a personality like him is born once in thousand years. Such a personality does create history and leaves indelible footprints on the sands of time for the generations to come to guide and inspire them to achieve higher goals in life. In the first half of the 20 century, he emerged on the socio-political scenario of India along with Mahatma Gandhi and soon became a front-line leader of the Indian Freedom Movement. Besides, by observing strict discipline he raised the Indian National Congress on to a unique and firm footing. After independence, by merging 554 odd states into the Indian Union within a very short period of time and in an amicable atmosphere, he became matchless in the Indian history as well as the history of the world. Not only this, soon after the freedom of India, Sardar Patel dealt with the law and order situation, the exchange of population and all other administrative problems very efficiently. He helped in the relief and rehabilitation of lacs of refugees migrated to the country and reorganized administrative and police services with a view to Indianise the administration and made the bureaucracy favourable to the democratic set up and to forge a link between people and the government. He led many important committees in the constituent assembly including the fundamental rights committee and made all recommendations keeping in view the national unity and integrity foremost. This unique work authored by Dr. Ravindra Kumar presents a very interesting account of life, work and views of the great Sardar--the First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Home and States Affairs, India, whose life become the life of the nation and who offered the lotus of his life at the feet of Bharat Mata as per the direction of Srimadbhagvad Gita': "Dedicate to God all that you do, all that you eat and whatever you speak." Undoubtedly, this work based on historical facts will throw light on several untouched facets of his life and will be very useful to those interested in the subject and add to the knowledge for the benefit of historians, biographers and political scientists.
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Ravindra Kumar

Dr. Ravindra Kumar (b. 1959) is an Eminent Scholar, Writer and Indologist. He is the former Vice-Chancellor of C.C.S. University, Meerut (India). Dr. Ravinra Kumar has been closely associated with a number of academic, cultural, educational and social institutions in India and abroad. He has 50 outstanding works and 150 research articles to his credit. Some of his famous works, of which many are of international repute and have been translated in several Indian and foreign languages, viz.., Towards Peace Vol. I and II, Morality and Ethics in Public Life, Religion and World Peace, Lilfe and work of Kanjibhai Desai, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Com. Mao Tse-Tung: A Comparative Study with Reference to Peasantry, Essays on Gandhism and Peace, Correspondence and Selected Documents of Subhas Chandra Bose, Collected Essays: Voice of an Indologist, Sagai Ka Din and Kulpati Kaksha Tak. He is the founder of the World Peace Movement Trust, a member of I.C.P.A., Executive Councils / Senates of several Indian Universities and a Consultant of UN University of Peace for Gandhian Studies. He has visited many countries of the world as a Visiting Scholar and Professor. The President of India has conferred the honour of 'Padma Shri' upon Dr. Kumar for his outstanding services.

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Title Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: Life, Work and Views
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2005
Edition 1s ed.
Language: English
isbn 8121208777
length 246p., References; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.