Iron Man of India

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Indian independence activist civilian award epithet human politician statue

Iron Man of India is the popular epithet of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Indian independence leader and first Deputy Prime Minister known for his decisive role in unifying the country after Partition.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian independence activist → civilian award → epithet → human → politician → statue →
awarded	Bharat Ratna →
BharatRatnaYear	1991 →
birthName	Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel →
child	Dahyabhai Patel → Maniben Patel →
commemoratedBy	Statue of Unity →
country	India →
countryOfCitizenship	India →
dateOfBirth	1875-10-31 →
dateOfDeath	1950-12-15 →
depicts	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel →
ethnicGroup	Gujarati →
honorificPrefix	Sardar →
ideology	Indian nationalism →
knownAs	Iron Man of India →
knownFor	administrative abilities → firm leadership style →
locatedIn	Gujarat → Maharashtra →
location	Kevadia, Gujarat →
memberOf	Indian National Congress →
movement	Indian independence movement →
notableFor	leadership in unifying princely states → political integration of India → role in Indian independence movement →
occupation	barrister → lawyer →
placeOfBirth	Nadiad →
placeOfDeath	Bombay →
playedKeyRoleIn	accession of princely states to India → integration of Hyderabad State into India → integration of Junagadh into India → integration of princely states of Gujarat →
positionHeld	Deputy Prime Minister of India → Minister of Home Affairs of India → Minister of States of India → President of the Indian National Congress →
refersTo	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel →
religion	Hinduism →
servedAs	first Deputy Prime Minister of India →
servedUnder	Jawaharlal Nehru →
spouse	Jhaverba Patel →
workedAs	municipal councillor in Ahmedabad →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel →	knownAs
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel →	nickname