National Unity Day is celebrated every year on 31 October in India.

National Unity Day is celebrated every year on 31 October in India.

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Category : Important Days Published on: November 01 2023

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  • National Unity Day is celebrated every year on 31 October in the country.
  • This day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
  • His 148th birth anniversary is being celebrated in the year 2023.
  • The reason behind celebrating this day is to unite people and make them aware of their ideas for the upliftment of the society.
  • This day was celebrated for the first time in the year 2014.
  • 'Run for Unity' is organized on this day.
  • In the year 2018, the 'Statue of Unity' was unveiled in Gujarat in honor of Sardar Patel.
  • The Statue of Unity is the tallest statue in the world.
  • Its height is 182 meters.
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the first Deputy Prime Minister of the country.
  • After independence, he included more than 500 princely states in the Indian Union.
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