The Sardar once said in casual conversation: “I had once thought Mahadev would possibly write my life along with bapu's. He had made ample notes for the work and as he was not only present on all important occasions but was also active in all of them he had in his Possession all the necessary and full details. But God willed otherwise. Indeed, His ways are inscrutable”. Sardar Vallabhbhai Zaverbhai Patel is one of those who along with Gandhiji fought the battle for freedom, won it and have contributed immensely to the construction of modern independent India. As Pandit Jawaharlal has said about Gandhiji it can be said about the Sardar too that he was fat becoming a legendary figure in the public mind here and abroad. I hope this part of his biography written by a colleague of his will bring to the English reading public a correct and vivid picture of the personality of the man who was among the foremost few of the makers of modern India,