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Born in Nadiad, Kheda District, Gujarat, fourth son of Jhaverbhai Patel, a farmer of Karamsad and Ladbai Patel
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Married to Jhaverba of Gana, a village 3 miles from Karamsad. Exact date Unknown
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Passed matriculation exam in Nadiad. Exact Date Unknown
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Shifted legal practice to Borsad, made a name as a criminal lawyer.
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Daughter Mani (later known as Manibehn) born [day unknown]
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Saved enough money to go to England to become a barrister but gave it away to his elder brother Vitthalbhai who wished to become barrister first (exact day unknown)
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Son Dahya born (exact day unknown)
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Wife Jhaverba dies after a surgical operation in Bombay
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Vallabhbhai leaves for England, admitted to Middle Temple (exact day unknown)
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Took final examination after 6th term instead of the usual 12, ranked first in first class; won a prize of fifty pounds, left for India the day after the exam; (Exact date unknown)
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Vallabhbhai becomes Barrister (Bar-at-Law) of Middle Temple Inn (exact day unknown)
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Returns to India; practices in Ahmedabad; becomes the foremost criminal lawyer
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Jhaverbhai, Vallabhbhai's father, dies at the age of 85 (exact day unknown)
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Elected councilor of Ahmedabad Municipality; Chairman, Sanitary and Public Works Committee (exact date unknown)
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First direct contact with Mahatma Gandhi (exact day unknown)
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Organized famine relief in Ahmedabad district; established a temporary hospital in Ahmedabad with a grant from Municipal Board to Gujarat Sabha to combat severe influenza of epidemic; successfully led "No-Tax" agitation against land revenue recovered by Government from drought affected Kheda district farmers (exact date unknown)
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Elected Chairman, Reception Committee, Indian National Congress, 36th session, Ahmedabad; First Chairman, Gujarat Regional Congress Committee (exact date unknown)
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Satyagraha at Borsad, Gujarat - Against the Governments, "Haidiya" punitive tax imposed on the entire population of Borsad Taluka. Gandhi calls Vallabhbhai "King of Borsad" from 1922-23 (exact dates unknown)
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Elected President of Ahmedabad Municipality (exact day unknown)
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Leads the Bardoli No-Tax Campaign Satyagraha in Kheda District; Vallabhbhai called "Sardar" by the peasants. Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress endorses the title. from 1928-29 (exact dates unknown)
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Arrested for canvassing Gandhi's salt Satyagraha; Lodged in Sabarmati jail, Ahmedabad. Went on hunger strike in jail requesting C class diet instead of A class provided to him because of his high status. Request granted!
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Released from jail
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Rearrested in Bombay and sent to Yeravada jail for 3 months
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Rearrested and sentenced to 9 months imprisonment
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Presides over Indian National Congress, 46th session, Karachi. (exact date unknown)
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Joins Gandhi in talks with Viceroy Lord Irwin in Simla (exact day unknown)
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Arrested during the Civil Disobedience Movement and jailed in Yeravada Prison along with Mahatma Gandhi; later joined by Mahadev Desai from Nasik jail. Daughter Manibehn and Kasturba Gandhi also jailed but for shorter periods. from Jan 1932 to Jul 1934 (exact days unknown)
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Brother Vitthalbhai dies in a clinic near Geneva while Sardar was in prison
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Released on grounds of health - serious nose trouble. (exact date unknown)
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Arrested under Defense of India Act for participation in Satyagraha launched by Gandhiji to press Great Britain for a commitment on India's Independence
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Released from prison following a severe intestinal ailment
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Arrested for participation in Quit India Movement; jailed in Ahmednagar Fort along with Nehru, Azad, and other prominent leaders; shifted to Yeravada prison in early 1945
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Released from prison to participate in Simla Talks
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India gains independence from Great Britain
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Government of India decides to establish a Department of (Princely) States under Sardar Patel
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Sardar joins Independent India's Cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home, States, Information and Broadcasting
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Served as Acting Prime Minister of India during Nehru's visit to the U.S., UK, and Canada from Oct. 7- Nov. 15,1949
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Sardar Patel dies in Bombay; cremated in Bombay
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"Bharat Ratna," the highest Indian national award, conferred posthumously on Sardar Patel. The award was accepted by Sardar's grandson, Vipinbhai Patel. (exact date unknown)
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