In Photos: PM Modi pays tributes to Sardar Patel at Statue of Unity in Gujarat

Updated On: 31 October, 2025 12:56 PM IST | ronak mastakar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat on the 150th birth anniversary of India`s first home minister. (Pics/PTI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of Unity in Gujarat on the 150th birth anniversary of India`s first home minister. (Pics/PTI)

<p>The birth anniversary of Patel is being celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) on October 31 since 2014, when Modi became the prime minister for the first time</p>

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The birth anniversary of Patel is being celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) on October 31 since 2014, when Modi became the prime minister for the first time

<p>PM Modi arrived at Patel`s 182-metre-tall statue, near Ekta Nagar in Gujarat`s Narmada district in the morning and paid his respects to the Iron Man of India by offering flower petals</p>

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PM Modi arrived at Patel`s 182-metre-tall statue, near Ekta Nagar in Gujarat`s Narmada district in the morning and paid his respects to the Iron Man of India by offering flower petals

<p>He then left for a nearby venue where he is scheduled to administer the Ekta Diwas pledge to the gathering and witness Rashtriya Ekta Diwas parade</p>

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He then left for a nearby venue where he is scheduled to administer the Ekta Diwas pledge to the gathering and witness Rashtriya Ekta Diwas parade

<p>This year`s Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations will include a cultural festival and the National Unity Day parade by police and paramilitary forces</p>

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This year`s Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations will include a cultural festival and the National Unity Day parade by police and paramilitary forces

<p>The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Parade, a major attraction of the celebrations, features contingents from paramilitary forces like the BSF and CRPF, and various state police forces</p>

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The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Parade, a major attraction of the celebrations, features contingents from paramilitary forces like the BSF and CRPF, and various state police forces

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This year, the event has become even more special with the parade being organised on the lines of Republic Day parade

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Sardar Patel was born on October 31, 1875, in Nandia, Gujarat

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Also known as the "Iron Man of India," he was the nation`s first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister

<p>He is widely recognised for his pivotal role in the integration of over 560 princely states and the Indian Union after Independence. His leadership ensured that India emerged as a unified and dignified nation during the direst time</p>

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He is widely recognised for his pivotal role in the integration of over 560 princely states and the Indian Union after Independence. His leadership ensured that India emerged as a unified and dignified nation during the direst time

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