Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 146th birth anniversary

President Ram Nath Kovind pays homage to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, on Sunday. (PTI photo)

Union home minister Amit Shah pays floral tribute to the statue of former deputy PM Vallabhbhai Patel on his 146th birth anniversary at the 'Rashtriya Ekta Diwas' programme, at Kevadia, in Narmada on Sunday. (ANI photo)

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar pays tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Patna, on Sunday. (PTI photo)

Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb pays floral tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 146th birth anniversary, in Agartala on Sunday. (ANI photo)

People participate in a bicycle rally in Chandigarh on National Unity Day, which marks Sardar Patel's birth anniversary. (TOI photo)

Union home minister Amit Shah addresses during a function at Statue of Unity, on the occasion of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patels' birth anniversary in Kevadia. (PTI photo)

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Aditiyanath flags off the march past parade on the occasion of birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, in Lucknow, on Sunday. (PTI photo)

Police personnel pay tribute to the first home minister of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 146th birth anniversary, in Agartala on Sunday. (ANI photo)

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan addresses a programme on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, at Shaurya Smarak in Bhopal, on Sunday. (PTI photo)

People take part in 'Run for Unity' in Chandigarh on Sunday to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (TOI photo)