On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Iron man of India Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel, a Quiz competition based on the life of Sardar Patel and his achievements, was held at Sai Nath University on Tuesday.
The Quiz Competition was inaugurated by Prof(Dr) SP Agarwal Pro Chancellor of Sai Nath University, Ranchi.
Prof Agarwal threw light on the life of Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel and his achievements calling him the ‘Maker of India’ and highlighted his birth year, 1875 and his native village, Nadiyad of Gujrat State.
He further added that Sardar Patel completed his schooling in Khera District of Gujrat. He was married to Jhaveraba at age of seventeen.
After completing Education of law in 1900, he started practising as a lawyer at Godhara but later came to Ahamdabad. Then after, he went to England to receive higher education in law in 1910.
In the course of ‘Khera Movement’ in 1918, Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel was elected as Dy. Commander and was duly awarded with title of ‘Sardar’ by Gandhi ji respectively. He was also elected as the President of Indian National Congress in 1931. He also became the first Dupty Prime Minister of Independent India in 1947.
According to Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the existence of the United India could only be possible because of Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel’s wide political experience and stable administrative ability only.
Between 1947 and 1949 he established himself as a successful administrator of India in uniting 565 princely states to ‘One India’ in about two years.
At the end of the programme, he also gave away the prizes to the winning participants of the Quiz competition.
Faculty members Dr Vijay Kant Pandey, HOD, Agriculture, Dr Mohan lal Sahu, Dy Registrar, Dr Rajesh Kr Mishra, Dr. Bimlendu Roy, Sanjeev Mishra, Vijay Kumar Prabhakar, Gobardhan Singh, Dr. Soni Kumari, Ajeet Kumar Gupta, Bhavesh Kumar, Poonam Bala, Chitranjan Kumar Gupta, Ankita Singh, Ankit Verma, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Rajeev Kumar, and other students registered their presence heavily on the Day