Updated On: 22 January, 2017 10:01 AM IST | | Gitanjali Chandrasekharan
<p>What did it take to get over 500 princely states to join the Republic that became India? A new exhibition on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel gives you an immersive glimpse</p>

A few exhibits also have voice support with four languages to choose from — Hindi, English, Marathi and Gujarati — to ensure greater clarity in understanding. Pic/Datta Kumbhar
We enter the makeshift hall where the Nehru Science Centre is hosting a travel exhibition on the Iron Man of India, with two questions — why is the science center hosting a historical exhibition and how dull is it going to be. To the first, one of the officials has a quick answer. The exhibition, titled Uniting India: Role of Sardar Patel, is a travelling one that has come to Mumbai from Junagadh and while the permanent one, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 31 last year is hosted by the Nehru Science Centre, which falls under the Ministry of Culture. The answer to the second question is simply not at all.