Kevadia, Oct. 31 -- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's grandson Gautam Patel, on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary, celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, stated that the young generation will remember Sardar Patel through the Statue of Unity.

"It was nice to see history. New generations will learn about him (Sardar Patel). Those who didn't see him will see and remember him through this (statue of unity). Very little has been written about what happened in India at that time... Gandhiji convinced everyone to leave their jobs and engage in Satyagraha in 1930. It took twenty years to achieve Swaraj..." he said.

Earlier, PM Modi paid floral tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 150th Jayanti at the Statue of Unity in Nandi, Gujarat, on...