Vallabhbhai Patel Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Vallabhbhai Patel, based on 2 World History Database records associated with India.

2 records1947–19482 events2 places

Chronological biography

1947

Deputy Prime Minister15 August 1947

Government / Government of India · Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister · New Delhi

Vallabhbhai Patel becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in independent India's first government.

1948

Integration of HyderabadSeptember 1948

Government / Government of India · Home Minister · Hyderabad

Patel oversees the political integration of Hyderabad into the Indian Union after Operation Polo.

Titles and roles

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister · Home Minister

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.