Write a note on the contribution of Sardar Patel for the unification of India.

India would indebt with gratitude of Sardar Patel‘s vision on the making of New India. His diplomatic approach had integrated 562 princely states with the Union of States and formed an independent India. He adopted different strategies to merge the princely states with India. He introduced the concept of Privy purses i.e. the payment made to the royal family for agreement to merge with India. He even urged the princely states to help them in framing a new constitution. Thus Patel’s tireless efforts make him the architect of modern India.