Varanasi, Oct. 25 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, popularly known as the Iron Man of India, on October 31 by organising "Run for Unity" events across Uttar Pradesh.

Sardar Patel was the architect of a united India. When the country was gaining independence, the British conspired to divide India into several parts. Their aim was to ensure that India would never be united. But with his remarkable vision and strong will, the Iron Man, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, strengthened national unity by merging 563 princely states into the Republic of India.

He said that the united India that appears today, from north to south and east to west, is due to Sardar Patel. Therefo...