{"id":304876,"date":"2018-10-31T03:31:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T03:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=304876"},"modified":"2018-10-31T05:23:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T05:23:18","slug":"statue-of-unity-home-minister-rajnath-singh-flags-off-run-for-unity-in-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/statue-of-unity-home-minister-rajnath-singh-flags-off-run-for-unity-in-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue of Unity: Home Minister Rajnath Singh flags off \u2018Run for Unity\u2019 in Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-304881 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/run-for-unity--300x179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/run-for-unity--300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/run-for-unity--696x416.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/run-for-unity--741x445.jpg 741w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/run-for-unity--702x420.jpg 702w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/run-for-unity-.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday flag off \u201cRun for Unity\u201d in Delhi on 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Gymnast Dipa Karmakar among other sportsperson were also present at the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his respect to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Home Minister Rajnath Singh pay floral tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 143rd birth anniversary in Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will inaugurate the world\u2019s tallest statue dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary in Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The statue that is called \u201cstatue of unity\u201d keeping in mind the contribution of Sardar Patel in the merger of all princely states with the Dominion of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The statue of Patel, fondly remembered as the Iron Man of India, is at a staggering height of 182-metre. It will be the world&#8217;s tallest, located at a river islet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile, \u2018Run for unity\u2019 events are organised on Wednesday across the nation to honour the Iron Man of India.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday flag off \u201cRun for Unity\u201d in Delhi on 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Gymnast Dipa Karmakar among other sportsperson were also present at the event. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his respect to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary. President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":304881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[407,1277,2597,9111,9112,5034],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304876"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304890,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304876\/revisions\/304890"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/304881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}