Gandhinagar, June 12 -- As part of the two-year-long nationwide celebration commemorating the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited Swaraj Ashram in Bardoli, the Karma Bhumi of Sardar Saheb, prior to the Khedut Sammelan.

Patel, the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950, was born on October 31, 1875. Last year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the government's decision to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel with a two-year-long nationwide celebration, starting from October 31, 2024.

During his visit to the Swaraj Ashram in Bardoli, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel paid tribute to Sardar Patel and Mahatma Gandhi by placing han...