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Section size for Vallabhbhai Patel (31 sections)
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Early life and background	6,902	6,902
Fight for independence	1,316	19,322
Satyagraha in Gujarat	5,868	10,839
Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy: 1931	4,971	4,971
Legal Battle with Subhas Chandra Bose	1,558	1,558
Quit India movement	5,609	5,609
Partition and independence	625	21,584
Cabinet mission and partition	11,603	11,603
Political integration of independent India	9,356	9,356
Leading India	6,121	10,894
Father of All India Services	4,773	4,773
Relations with Gandhi and Nehru	4,557	10,366
Ban on RSS	5,809	5,809
Final years	3,200	3,200
Death	4,361	4,361
Legacy	7,894	15,655
Rashtriya Ekta Diwas	2,736	2,736
Commemorative stamps	672	672
Statue of Unity	1,782	1,782
Other institutions and monuments	2,146	2,146
State honours	425	425
In popular media	2,071	2,071
See also	77	77
Explanatory notes	38	38
References	17	6,718
Citations	31	31
General sources	6,372	6,372
Primary sources	298	298
Further reading	368	368
External links	3,051	3,051
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On 14 September 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The result of the discussion was Not moved.

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Requested move 9 October 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Not moved. Speedy close in view of the consensus against moving reached less than three weeks ago.(non-admin closure) — kashmīrī ^TALK 16:26, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Vallabhbhai Patel → Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel seems to be a much more commonly used than just Vallabhbhai Patel. If you google phrases like first deputy prime minister of india, first home minister of india, iron man of india, bismarck of india or even if you search just Vallabhbhai Patel, for images, books, videos, maps, news, YouTube Videos, Amazon the subject seems to be almost unanimously best known by the honorific. If the clause WP:TITLESINTITLES to be best used, I think this subject is to moved as requested. Appu (talk) 08:55, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Well. I guess the links don't work as I anticipated them to be. You can anyways manually search and verify. Thank you for your time. Appu (talk) 08:57, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Vallabhbhai Patel 1965 stamp of India

This is the only postage stamp that I found which DOES NOT refer to him with the honorific. Also [[1]] Appu (talk) 09:04, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support per WP:COMMONNAME and MOS:HONORIFICs. AurSunao (talk) 15:50, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Wording in last sentence of first paragraph in "Reception" section

The article reads:

[...]and had a few plotters killed by the police, but his approach was said to have been harsh.

First of all, while subtle, the sentence reads like an apology for Patel, first describing what the writer clearly seems to regard as a very reasonable and measured response while only reluctantly conceding that some anonymous, passive voice said at some point (but who really cares) that his approach was "harsh" even though he was very obviously too soft-hearted, if anything. Second, the part that's keeping me from just making a simple edit to make the wording less mealy-mouthted, what does it mean that he "had a few plotters killed by the police"? As in had them summarily executed? If that's the case, what about that makes it so surprising (the "but" is doing a lot of work here to make the criticism seem unreasonable, as though it is somehow in opposition to the facts of the incident) that people might have found it "harsh"? WP Ludicer (talk) 23:37, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sardar vallabhbhai Patel

Vallabhbhai Patel was born on 31 October 1875 2401:4900:1B8C:160F:7E:F284:FAE1:ADEB (talk) 16:59, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Birth year

replace 1775 by 1875 in introduction Ayan karoli (talk) 20:56, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]