World’s Second Tallest Statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Unveiled in Ahmedabad

World’s Second Tallest Statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Unveiled in Ahmedabad

• On 3rd January 2020, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani unveiled the second tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the world at Ahmedabad.
• The 50 feet tall bronze statue of Sardar Patel weighs 70 thousand kilograms and is located at the Sardardham campus near Vaishnodevi circle in Ahmedabad.
• This is the second highest statue of India’s first home home minister after the Statue of Unity ( (597 ft) 182 metres), situated at Kevadiya in Narmada district of Central Gujarat.
• The Statue has also been designed by Padma Bhusan Ram V. Sutar, the same sculptor who had designed the Statue of Unity.