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Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel
National
Memorial
and
shahibaug
area
which
was
developed
for
government
sachivalaya
in
the
binging
of
statehood
of
Gujarat
and
Rajbhavan.
Creating
history
on
an
already
hallowed
address
of
an
erstwhile
palace
(Moti
Shahi
Mahal),
this
is
one
of
the
most
underrated
experiences
of
Ahmedabad.
The
museum
is
a
rich
repository
of
Patel’s
life
arc
as
a
political
leader
and
thinker,
while
giving
considerable
space
to
other
luminaries
who
crossed
his
path
–
namely
Rabindranath
Tagore,
who
stayed
here
at
the
age
of
seventeen.
Contemporary
technology
backs
the
interactive
exhibits
with
clear,
concise
and
well
researched
audio-visual
displays.
Brief
History:
The
museum
stands
on
the
same
address
as
Moti
Shahi
Mahal,
a
palace
built
by
the
Mughal
Emperor
Shahjahan
between
1618
and
1622.
One
of
the
biggest
inclusions
for
ornamentation
included
the
Shahibaug
gardens
that
were
brimming
with
noble
cypresses,
cedars,
palms,
sandals,
and
cassias,
with
mango,
tamarind,
and
other
fruit
trees.
The
palace
fell
into
the
hands
of
the
British
and
was
used
as
a
government
building.
Post-independence,
the
structure
became
Raj
Bhavan,
the
official
residence
of
the
Governor
of
Gujarat,
from
1960
to
1978.
It
was
declared
a
memorial
for
Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel
on
his
centennial
birth
anniversary
on
7
March
1980.
Sardar
Vallbhbhai
Patel,
one
of
the
builders
of
India,
spent
greater
part
of
his
life
for
the
cause
of
India’s
independence,
as
Gandiji’s
disciple
and
comrade-in-arms.
However,
his
lasting
contribution
to
the
making
of
the
Indian
Nation
is
the
integration
of
Princely
States
into
the
Indian
Union.
Vallabhbhai
was
born
on
31
October,
1875
in
a
peasant
family
at
Nadiad
In
1900,
he
passed
the
pleader’s
examination
and
became
a
flourishing
criminal
lawyer.
His
meeting
with
Gandhiji
in
1917
drew
him
into
freedom
struggle.
Thereafter
he
never
looked
back
and
participated
in
all
the
movements
led
by
Gandhiji,
After
waging
many
a
struggle,
such
as
kheda
and
Borsad
he
showed
his
metal
as
an
organizer
in
the
Bardoli
Satyagraha
in
1928,
where
he
led
the
peasants
to
undoubted
success.
No
wonder,
he
was
called
the
‘Sardar’.
Bardoli
put
him
on
the
Centre
stage
of
Indian
politics.
In
1931,
he
was
elected
the
President
of
the
Indian
National
Congress.
It
was
under
presidency
that
the
resolution
on
“Funamental
Rights”,
incorporating
basic
economic
and
social
rights,
was
passed.
As
Chairman
of
the
Congress
Parliamentary
Board,
he
saw
to
it
that
Congress
Governments
in
the
provinces,
during
1937-39,
worked
in
a
disciplined
manner.
The
Quit
India
movement
found
him
in
Ahmednagar
Fort
prison
form
where
he
and
his
comrades
were
released
in
1945.
The
next
five
years
were
full
of
events,
Negotiations
with
the
British
Government
and
the
subsequent
partition
of
India
put
a
great
strain
on
the
Congress
leadership.
But
it
will
be
fair
to
say
that
the
Congress
under
the
given
circumstances
handled
the
situation
with
tact,
patience
and
firmness.
Independence
in
5th
August
1947
when
he
swarned
as
a
deputy
Prime
Minister
Of
India
brought
in
its
wake
new
problems.
The
very
existence
of
the
New
State
was
in
danger.
The
Sardar
as
Home
Minister
and
Minister
for
States
tried
to
arrest
communal
riots
on
the
one
hand
and
successfully
integrate
562
of
Princely
States
into
India
on
the
other.
It
was
an
amazing
feat.
Without
the
Sardar
India
would
not
have
been,
territorially,
what
it
is
today.
Welfare
of
India
was
always
in
his
mind.
He
wrote
to
a
friend:
“Ere
I
leave
this
world,
it
is
my
earnest
desire
to
lay
the
country
on
the
firmest
footings.”
Sardar
was
on
arm-chair
politician
or
an
idle
visionary.
He
was
a
man
of
action.
He
accomplished
in
less
than
four
what
others
would
have
achieved
in
decades.
The
places
of
interest
in
Sahibaug
include
Miya
Khan
chishty
Mosque,
Aiwan
E
Chisht
Hutheesing
Jain
Temple
Ahmedabad
Cantonment,
Camp
Hanuman
Temple,
Calico
Museum
of
Textiles.
Shahibaug
also
includes
the
Gujarat
circuit
house
which
hosts
most
of
the
government
guests
to
the
city.
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