National Unity Day: A tribute to Sardar Patel | Master Stroke

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of Unity in Kevadia on his 144th birth anniversary. The day is celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Divas. Modi government has been observing Patel's birth anniversary as 'Ekta Diwas' or National Unity Day since 2014.

As part of celebrations, various programmes are being organised across the country this year, recalling Sardar Patel's contribution to the unification of India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also attended a special function organised in Kevadia in Gujarat, where statue of unity (world's largest statue) is located.