National Unity Day Quotes & Status
Marking October 31 — Sardar Patel's birth anniversary.
National Unity Day, or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, is observed on October 31, the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who as India's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister integrated more than 560 princely states into the Indian union after 1947. The day was first marked in 2014. Read our Quotes honouring his legacy.