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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Quotes

1875–1950 India

Vallabhbhai Patel (31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950) was a major political and social leader of India and its struggle for independence, and is credited for achieving the political integration of India. In India and across the world, he is known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, where Sardar stands for Chief in many languages of India.

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It should not surprise Muslims if doubts were entertained about their loyalty. They could not ride on two horses.

The activities of the RSS constituted a clear threat to the existence of Government and the state.

There [is] only one nationalist Muslim in India: Maulana Nehru.

‘a Communist China which has definite ambitions and aims and which does not, in any way, seem friendly disposed towards us’.

‘I am sure the Chinese and their source of inspiration, Soviet Russia, would not miss any opportunity of exploiting these weak spots, partly in support of their ideology and partly in support of their ambitions.’

The tragedy of it is that the Tibetans put their faith in us; they chose to be guided by us; and we have been unable to get them out of the meshes of Chinese diplomacy or Chinese malevolence.

Even in a stern and hostile letter to RSS leader M.S. Golwalkar, Home Minister Vallabhbhai Patel had acknowledged: ‘In the areas where there was the need for help and organisation, the young men of the RSS protected women and children and strove much for their sake.’

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.