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Topic: Sardar Patel

When Partition pressure caused a rift between Sardar Patel & Railway minister John Mathhai

In 'Honest John', Bakhtiar K Dadabhoy introduces John Matthai, independent India’s first railways and transport minister, to a new generation.

Some on the podium are more equal than others & when basic economics fights back

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Congress’s Ahmedabad resolution to target BJP’s ‘pseudo-nationalism’, taunt Modi govt on Trump tariffs

Resolution which also covers ruling dispensation's 'active' participation in attacking minorities, particularly Muslims & Christians, to be adopted at AICC session Wednesday on Modi turf.

How Congress is trying to reclaim Sardar Patel’s legacy

At CWC meeting in Modi & Amit Shah's home turf, Kharge accuses BJP-RSS of appropriating Patel's legacy, highlighting the former home minister's dissent against the RSS's ideology.

Sardar Patel transformed ‘steal frame’ to steel frame. IAS officers must revisit his legacy

Former LBSNAA director Sanjeev Chopra emphasised, at a recent event in Delhi, that strong, independent and ethical civil services are the backbone of a democracy.

We want heart unity, not paper unity that will break under the slightest strain: Sardar Patel

In 1931, Vallabhbhai Patel delivered his presidential address at the Karachi Congress Session, stating that communal unity was essential for India and required courage from Hindus.

Sardar Patel had many critics. Jayaprakash Narayan even blamed him for Gandhi assassination

Sardar Patel had many critics, but many of those detractors eventually came to appreciate his qualities, shedding their previous reservations.

Why did Gandhi pick Nehru instead of Sardar Patel for PM? Charisma was key

According to Karan Singh, eight out of 11 Congress members had chosen Sardar Patel to be the Prime Minister of India. But Gandhi picked Nehru.

Sardar Patel endured 2,300 days in jail with wit and will. ‘I can live on air for 3 months’

‘The one thing that makes me sad is that all the officers here are Indians… Had they been British, I would have taught them a lesson.’

How Nehru became Congress president over Sardar Patel—diary entry sheds new light

Leaders at the time didn’t consider the election significant enough to be documented in detail, which ended up leaving room for propaganda. But what really happened?

On Camera

The Public Safety Act was meant to protect society. In J&K, it protects power

By placing preventive detention above ordinary law, the state implies that the machinery of justice is too weak or too slow to handle its critics.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?