India, Oct. 31 -- Today, India and the world will be celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of independent India.

Patel, the monumental lawyer, philosopher, scholar, statesman and political leader, universally known as the "Iron Man of India" or "Bismarck of India", was born on 31 October 1875 in Nadiad, Gujarat, famous for the iconic Shri Swaminarayan Temple built in 1824.

He passed his Matriculation examination from the Nadiad High School in 1897 at the age of 22. As Patel had neither the money nor the time to spend on a proper legal education in a law college, he opted for a shortcut route to become a

District Pleader. Patel staye...