National Unity Day 2021: October 31 is the anniversary of the birth of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of India. Each year this day is celebrated as National Unity Day or National Unity Day. This year marks the 145th anniversary of the birth of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. In fact, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel played an important role in the integration of 560 princely states into the Indian Union. National Unity Day is celebrated to recognize the efforts of Sardar Patel to unite the nation.
His efforts for national integration have led Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to be dubbed “India’s Iron Man”. Events are organized every year on October 31st to honor Vallabhbhai Patel’s contribution. In 2014, the Modi government at the Center decided to celebrate Sardar Patel’s birthday as the day of national unity on October 31.
The Minister of the Interior will be present as guest of honor
This year, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the celebrations of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas which will be held on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of the Patel complex. Unit in Kevadia in the district of Narmada in Gujarat. At the same time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the ceremony through a recorded video message, as he is in Italy to attend the G20 summit.
The Statue of Unity was unveiled in 2018. This statue of Sardar Patel (National Unity Day) is 182 meters tall and is the tallest statue in the world. Modi has participated in all three programs until 2020, but this year he will not be able to attend. A Statue of Unity Authority official said Shah would lay wreaths on the statue early in the day and then salute a parade attended by paramilitary forces and Gujarat police personnel.
75 cyclists from ITBP, SSB, CISF, CRPF and BSF and 101 motorcyclists from the police forces of Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat will also participate in the parade. Cyclists traveled approximately 9,000 km while motorcyclists covered a distance of 9,200 km from different parts of the country. “Twenty-three Olympic, Asian and Commonwealth Games medalists will also participate in the parade. There will be a joint group of ITBP and Gujarat Police,” the statement said.
