What is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[Sardar]] | honorific-suffix = | name = Vallabhai Patel | order = 1st | office = Deputy Prime Minister of India | native_name = | governor_general = [[Louis Mountbatten]]<br>[[C. Rajagopalachari]] | president = [[Rajendra Prasad]] | image = Sardar patel (cropped).jpg | predecessor = Position established | monarch = [[George VI]] | office2 = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]] | predecessor2 = Position established | primeminister2 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] | party = [[Indian National Congress]] | successor2 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]] | birth_name = Vallabhai Jhaverbhai Patel | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1875|10|31}} | birth_place = [[Nadiad]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British rule|British India]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1950|12|15|1875|10|31}} | death_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]] | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] | spouse = Jhaverben Patel (1880 — 11 January 1909) | children = [[Maniben Patel]]<br/>[[Dahyabhai Patel]] | father = Jhaverbhai Patel (1829 — March 1914) | mother = Laad Bai (1847 — 11 October 1932) | alma_mater = [[Middle Temple]] | profession = {{hlist|[[Barrister]]|[[Politician]]|[[Activist]]|[[Freedom Fighter]]}} | awards = [[File:Bharat Ratna Ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Bharat Ratna]] (1991) <small>(posthumously)</small> | office3 = 1st [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] | monarch3 = [[George VI]] | governor_general3 = [[Louis Mountbatten]]<br>[[C. Rajagopalachari]] | president3 = [[Rajendra Prasad]] | predecessor3 = ''Position established'' | primeminister3 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] | successor3 = ''Position abolished'' (merged to the President of India) | term_start = 15 August 1947 | term_end = 15 December 1950 | term_start2 = 15 August 1947 | term_end2 = 15 December 1950 | term_start3 = 15 August 1947 | term_end3 = 15 December 1950 }} '''Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel''' (31 October 1875 — 15 December 1950) was a [[lawyer]] and influential political leader in the Indian independence move