October 31, 2025 12:10 pm
PM Modi arrived at Patel's 182-metre-tall statue, near Ekta Nagar in Gujarat's Narmada district, in the morning and paid his respects to the Iron Man of India by offering flower petals.
October 31, 2025 10:14 am
National Unity Day Bank Holiday in India 2025: Banks in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) will be closed today, Friday, October 31, 2025, while the remaining other cities are open and operational as usual.
November 05, 2024 12:00 pm
On October 31, India celebrated National Unity Day, marking the birth anniversary of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. let's reflect on the contribution of Sardar Patel in shaping modern India. Also, don't miss to check some of his inspiring quotes.
March 29, 2023 10:30 am
Progress is slow but not entirely absent — I no longer get called ‘chinky’ while strolling through big cities and I don’t have to explain that we don’t all eat dog meat
December 15, 2022 4:27 pm
Parties united in praise of the leader on his birth anniversary, with a difference: PM Modi invokes enemies within, Rahul talks of iron-clad unity.
October 31, 2021 6:55 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was giving a virtual address to the “Rashtriya Ekta Diwas” or National Unity Day celebrations organised at the Statue of Unity.
October 31, 2021 1:17 pm
The Modi-led government has been observing Patel’s birth anniversary as ‘Ekta Diwas’ or National Unity Day since 2014.
November 01, 2019 1:16 am
Referring to Mahatma Gandhi’s principle that any service should reach the last man standing, Modi urged officers to be “proactive and progressive”.
October 31, 2021 8:48 pm
Celebrations were organised at Statue of Unity in Kevadia on Sunday on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel.



