starting his academic career in a gujarati medium school, sardar vallabhbhai patel later shifted to an english medium school. in 1897, vallabhbhai passed his high school and started preparing for law examination. he went to pursue a degree in law and travelled to england in 1910. he completed his law degree in 1913 from inns of court and came back to india to start his law practice in godhra, gujarat. for his legal proficiency, vallabhbhai was offered many lucrative posts by the british government but he rejected all. he was a staunch opponent of the british government and its laws and therefore decided not to work for the british.