23 moments

1. Birth in Nadiad

   1875-10-31 · Nadiad, Gujarat, India

   Patel was born in Nadiad in present-day Gujarat. The date was the one he entered on his matriculation papers, although it was not officially recorded at birth. Patel's birth date was not officially recorded; 31 October was the date he entered on his matriculation papers.

2. Legal study at Middle Temple

   1910-01-01 · Middle Temple, London, England, United Kingdom

   Patel travelled to England to advance his legal career and entered Middle Temple, beginning the course that led to his call to the English bar in 1913.

3. Return to Ahmedabad legal practice

   1913-01-01 · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

   

   After qualifying as a barrister, Patel returned to India and established the legal career in Ahmedabad from which he entered public life. Ahmedabad is spelled Ahmadabad in the source.

4. Swaraj speech at Borsad

   1917-09-01 · Borsad, Gujarat, India

   Patel publicly urged support for Gandhi's petition demanding swaraj, an early recorded political appearance in Borsad.

5. First meeting with Gandhi

   1917-10-01 · Godhra, Gujarat, India

   At the Gujarat Political Conference in Godhra, Patel first met Mohandas Gandhi and then became secretary of the Gujarat Sabha.

6. Kheda tax-resistance campaign

   1918-01-01 · Kheda district, Gujarat, India

   Patel led the peasant campaign against collection of full land revenue after crop failures, a formative civil-disobedience campaign in Kheda (then commonly rendered Kaira). Coordinate is a representative point for Kheda district; Kaira is the historical spelling used in the source.

7. Flag Satyagraha leadership

   1923-01-01 · Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

   Patel was asked to lead the Nagpur flag satyagraha against restrictions on raising the Indian flag, organizing volunteers and negotiating its settlement.

8. Bardoli Satyagraha

   1928-04-01 · Bardoli, Gujarat, India

   

   Patel returned from municipal work in Ahmedabad to organize resistance to a steep revenue increase in Bardoli, the campaign that made the honorific Sardar widely associated with him.

9. Arrest at Ras

   1930-03-07 · Ras, Borsad taluka, Gujarat, India

   Patel was arrested while addressing a public meeting at Ras shortly before Gandhi began the Salt March, intensifying civil disobedience in Gujarat.

10. Congress presidency at Karachi

    1931-03-01 · Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

    Patel presided over the Indian National Congress session at Karachi, which considered and ratified the Gandhi-Irwin Pact and adopted major policy resolutions. Karachi was in British India in 1931.

11. Imprisonment at Yeravda

    1932-01-04 · Yeravda Central Prison, Pune, Maharashtra, India

    After the civil-disobedience struggle reopened, Patel was arrested with Gandhi and taken to Yeravda Central Prison, where the two remained imprisoned together. The quoted contemporary government telegram is reproduced in the cited historical compilation.

12. Imprisonment at Nasik

    1933-01-01 · Nasik Road Central Prison, Nashik, Maharashtra, India

    Patel was transferred from Yeravda to a jail in Nasik during his imprisonment and refused a British offer of temporary release after his brother Vithalbhai's death. The source establishes transfer to Nasik but does not provide a precise transfer date; 1933 is supported by the surrounding imprisonment chronology.

13. Congress organizer based in Bombay

    1934-01-01 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Following his release, Patel worked from Bombay as the Congress's principal fundraiser and chairman of its Central Parliamentary Board, directing electoral organization. The article places this role from 1934 onward; Bombay is now Mumbai.

14. All India Congress Committee meeting

    1940-01-01 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    

    Patel attended an All India Congress Committee meeting in Bombay with Maulana Azad and Gandhi during the debate over policy in the Second World War. Presence is documented by the article's dated photograph caption; Bombay is now Mumbai.

15. Quit India speech at Gowalia Tank

    1942-08-07 · Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Patel delivered a major speech to a crowd of more than 100,000 at Gowalia Tank on the eve of the Quit India movement. Gowalia Tank Maidan is now commonly called August Kranti Maidan; Bombay is now Mumbai.

16. Detention at Ahmednagar Fort

    1942-08-09 · Ahmednagar Fort, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India

    Arrested after the Quit India resolution, Patel was detained with the Congress Working Committee at Ahmednagar Fort until 1945.

17. Government residence on Aurangzeb Road

    1946-01-01 · Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi, India

    

    As head of the home affairs and information-and-broadcasting departments in the Interim Government, Patel moved into a Delhi government house that remained his home until his death. Coordinate is a representative point on the former Aurangzeb Road, now Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Road.

18. Speech at Bahauddin College

    1947-01-01 · Bahauddin Science College, Junagadh, Gujarat, India

    Following Junagadh's takeover, Patel spoke at Bahauddin College, publicly linking the Junagadh crisis to the unresolved question of Hyderabad. The source does not give a more precise date; coordinate is a representative point for the college area.

19. Meetings with princely rulers

    1947-08-06 · New Delhi, India

    As India approached independence, Patel began lobbying rulers of princely states, hosting meetings at his Delhi home to seek their accession to India. The source identifies his home in Delhi as the setting for these meetings; coordinate is a representative city point.

20. Visit to Somnath ruins

    1947-11-12 · Somnath Temple, Prabhas Patan, Gujarat, India

    

    Patel visited the ruins of Somnath and expressed his determination to rebuild the temple, initiating the post-independence restoration project.

21. Return to Delhi after emergency landing

    1949-01-01 · New Delhi, India

    

    After surviving an emergency landing during a Delhi-to-Jaipur flight, Patel returned to Delhi, where Congress supporters welcomed him and Parliament gave him a standing ovation. The return followed the 29 March 1949 emergency landing; the source does not state the exact return date.

22. Transfer by air to Bombay

    1950-12-12 · Juhu Aerodrome, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    As his health became critical, Patel left Delhi by air for Bombay. The aircraft landed at Juhu, and he was taken to Birla House. Bombay is now Mumbai.

23. Death at Birla House

    1950-12-15 · Birla House, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Patel died at Birla House in Bombay after a massive heart attack, ending his tenure as India's deputy prime minister and home minister. The exact historic Birla House site is not securely identified here; coordinate is a representative point for Mumbai. Bombay is now Mumbai.