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brilliant student of Nadiad High he himself used to take a broom
School, from the very beginning and dust cart for cleaning.
he was determined to pursue His political journey began
Law. In 1912, he graduated with when Mahatma Gandhi chose
distinction in Roman Law from him as his deputy in the Kheda
Middle Temple in England. On Satyagraha in 1918. It was one of
his return to India in 1913, he Sardar Patel’s earliest and most
established his successful legal impactful movements.
practice in Ahmedabad. A decade later, the Bardoli
In 1915, he became a
member of Gujarat Sabha, and
in 1924, on being elected as
President of the Ahmedabad
Municipal Board, he became a
model of honest and efficient
governance. He focussed on
cleanliness, sanitation and
transparent administration. He
personally inspected drainage
lines, supervised waste-
cleaning drives, ensured clean
water supply and made civic
workers feel respected. At times,

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