The Sardar Patel Memorial Trust is an organization dedicated to preserving the work and memory of

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (; ''Vallabhbhāī Jhāverbhāī Paṭel''; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an Indian independence activist and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime ...

. It does a variety of work - publishing books and magazines on Patel's life and work, maintaining public displays and memorials, as well as hosting the annual Sardar Patel Memorial Lectures. The Sardar Patel Memorial Lectures are organized by the Trust. It invites prominent Indians in the fields of

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, they are delivered as broadcast talks on

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Bibliography

*''Patel Memorial Lectures 1955-85''. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1990. *''Sardar Patel Lectures combined 1995-2002''. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 2005.

References

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