By T.J.S. George Sardar Patel’s statue at Ahmedabad was recently advertised for sale at Rs. 30,000 crore by “unknown persons.” Clearly it was someone’s idea of a joke and could have been dismissed as such. But the quality of humour is strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain for only the cultured. It blesseth him…
By N. Niranjan Nikam It is a befitting tribute to the last Maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar during his birth centenary year (1919-2019) that a six-foot portrait of his will be displayed at the Statue of Unity Museum in Gujarat. Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue, is a memorial built to the Iron…
New Delhi: Eight years after proposing the ambitious project, Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning unveiled the Statue of Unity — the world’s tallest statue at 182 metres — built in honour of freedom fighter and India’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Air Force planes showered flowers on the statue in a grand inaugural…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue built in Gujarat, to the country on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Oct. 31 (31.10.1875 – 15.12.1950). It may be recalled here that iron was collected from all over the country for the construction of the…
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