October 31, 2025—As the golden hues of autumn yield to the crisp embrace of Kartik’s Shukla Paksha, India stands united in solemn reverence for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the indomitable Iron Man whose 150th birth anniversary today reignites the sacred vow of “Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat.” Born on October 31, 1875, in the verdant village of Karamsad in Gujarat’s Anand district, Patel emerged from humble agrarian roots to become the unyielding architect of a nascent nation,