National Unity Day 2022: Unity means unity works to bind all the people of a country so that the people of the country are not scattered in any way. National Unity Day is celebrated every year keeping in mind the importance of Unity. Today 31st October 2022 the National Unity Day and India is celebrating the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birthday.
National Unity Day is celebrated every year on 31 October. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India, was born. This year is the 146th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. In fact, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel played the role of merging 565 princely states into the Union of India.
Out of the 565 princely states that became independent from the British, he had done the work of persuading almost all the princely states to join the Union of India. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel did many things to maintain the unity of India.
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is also known as the ‘Iron Man of India’ due to his many efforts to maintain the unity of the country. To honor the contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, many programs are organized every year on 31st October at different places. In the year 2014, the Government of India had decided to celebrate the birth of Sardar Patel as National Unity Day on 31 October.
On National Unity Day an oath is taken in all government offices that “I solemnly swear that I dedicate myself to uphold the unity, integrity and security of the country and share this spirit of unity with my fellow countrymen. I also try to spread it among the people. I also take a pledge to make my contribution to maintain the internal security of my country. have done.”
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