Inspired by Sardar Patel, India fully capable to meet all challenges: PM Modi on National Unity Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to India's first deputy prime minister and home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 146th birth anniversary and said that India is becoming fully capable of meeting any internal or external challenge due to his inspiration. Addressing the nation on the occasion of National Unity Day or 'Rashtriya Ekta Divas', PM Modi said; "Today the nation is paying tribute to Sardar Patel who gave his life for 'Ek Bharat, shreshth Bharat'. Sardar Patel lives not only in history but also in the hearts of all Indians. India isn't just a geographical unit. It's a nation that's full of the standards of ideals, resolution, civilisation, culture."