National Unity Day: Tributes paid to Sardar Patel across country

Celebrations were organised at the Statue of Unity in Kevadia on the occasion of ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ or National Unity Day. The day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel. (Photo: Twitter/@AmitShah)

Union Home minister Amit Shah visited the Statue of Unity in Kevadia and paid floral tributes to Sardar Patel on his birth anniversary on Saturday. In picture, Shah addresses audience at the function. (PTI)

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the National Unity Day celebrations at the Statue of Unity on Monday. (Photo: Twitter/@AmitShah)

As part of the National Unity Day or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations, "Ekta Parade" was held at Kevadia, where police personnel from across the country along with Border Security Force, ITBP, CISF and CRPF took part. (Express Photo By Bhupendra Rana)

Youngsters during the National Unity day function at the parade ground in Sector 17 of Chandigarh on Sunday. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed citizens on the occasion of National Unity Day. (PTI)

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also addressed a programme on the occasion, at Shaurya Smarak in Bhopal, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. (PTI)

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Jairam Ramesh and others paid tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary, at Parliament's Central Hall in New Delhi, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. (PTI)