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आज सरदार पटेल जयंती है। वास्तव में यह हमारे देश के लिए देवीय आशीर्वाद था कि स्वतंत्रता के समय एक राज नेता और सरकार के सदस्य के रुप में वल्ल्भभाई पटेल जैसा महामानव हमारे पास था।

अगस्त 1947 चुनौती भरा महीना था। एक ओर सदियों की दासता से मुक्त होकर भारत माता स्वतंत्र हुई थी लेकिन यह खुशी खूनी विभाजन की Click to Read More

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Today is Sardar Patel Jayanti. It has really been a Divine Blessing for our country that we had with us at the time of independence both as leader and as part of our government a super human being like Vallabhbhai Patel.

August 1947 was a challenging month. While it heralded the liberation of Mother India after centuries of thralldom, the joy of freedom was eclipsed by the trauma of a bloody partition, and the uprooting of millions from their hearths and homes.

Sardar Patel assumed office in Pandit Nehru’s cabinet as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in August 1947. But his stewardship was available to the country for less than three and a half years. He passed away in December, 1950. And yet the amount of work he was able to Click to Read More

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मुझे स्मरण नहीं आता कि किसी राज्य के स्थानीय निकायों के नतीजे इतनी राजनीतिक हलचल मचा देंगे जितनी कि पिछले सप्ताह गुजरात में देखने को मिली।

नगर निगमों और पंचायत चुनावों के नतीजों ने राज्य में कांग्रेस पार्टी को सकते में ला दिया है।

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I do not recall the election result of civic bodies in any state causing such a political upheaval as has occurred in Gujarat last week.

The Congress party in the state has been shocked by the results of the Municipal and Panchayat elections.

Gujarat Congress President Siddharth Patel has tendered his resignation owning ‘moral responsibility’ for the defeat. The Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly and Congress Party Leader, Shaktisinh Gohil has also quit his post.

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नवम्बर के पहले सप्ताह में राष्ट्रपति बराक ओबामा भारत यात्रा पर आने वाले हैं। उनके आगमन से कुछ सप्ताह पूर्व, न्यूयार्क के एक मेरे मित्र ने द वाशिंगटन पोस्ट के एसोसिएट सम्पादक बॉब वुडवर्ड द्वारा लिखित पुस्तक ‘ओबामास् वार्स‘ (Obama’s Wars) मुझे भेजी है। मुझे स्मरण आता है कि मैंने उनकी पूर्ववर्ती पुस्तकें आल द प्रेसीडेंट्स मैन Click to Read More

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