Was Patel insulted by Nehru?
Please apologise for spoiling your mood with this tragic story, but this needs to be told. 3 decades have passed since the demise of Maniben, daughter of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, I, in brief give you what happened to her after Sardar’s death. Even though Sardar Patel had substantial earnings as a very Successful Lawyer, he gave up everything after plunging into the Freedom movement. Maniben upheld her father’s legacy, the pride and dignity inherited from him, to her last breath. Neither she sought any favours from the Congress leaders, nor did they help her, at the critical junctures of her life even when she was struggling to make ends meet after the passing away of her father. When Sardar Patel passed way, she picked up a book and a bag that belonged to him and went to meet Jawaharlal Nehru in Delhi. She handed them to Nehru, telling him that her father had instructed her that when she died she should give these items to Nehru and no one else. The bag contained Rs 35 Lakh tha...