Differences between the Iron Man and Chacha

Sardar Patel, the Iron Man of India, was not only a great leader of the independence struggle, his statesmanship and determinations are filled with innumerable anecdotes worthy of recapitulation. If merger of princely states is the single feat for which he is greatly remembered, Patel had advised Nehru on a range of other issues confronting the government. It was unusual on the part of Patel to comment on foreign affairs, yet he put his views when it warranted. On Tibet he wrote to Nehru in June 1949: “We have strengthened our position in Sikkim and Tibet.

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