In this opinion piece, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is remembered as a true Gandhian who believed that India’s freedom from foreign rule was only the beginning of a larger national task.
The piece says Patel reminded his countrymen that achieving independence was merely the first step, and that true internal Swaraj required much more work to build and hold the nation together.
The reflection presents Patel as a leader focused not only on political freedom but also on the deeper challenge of national unity and self-governance.
