India, Dec. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Vice-President of India,ShriC. P.Radhakrishnan, today interacted with Officer Trainees from the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFoS)at the Vice-President's Enclave, New Delhi. The officers are undergoing the Special Foundation Course at the Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA).
RecallingSardarVallabhbhaiPatel, the "Iron Man of India," the Vice-President highlighted his pivotal role in the integration of the princely states and the establishment of the All India Services. He observed that while Otto von Bismarck united Germany, where people largely shared a common language,SardarPatel undertook the far more complex task of uniting a...