Deep in western India, a giant larger than any other awaits its imminent welcome to the world. The Statue of Unity, a 600-foot monument to a founding father of independent India, is set to be inaugurated Wednesday.
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The statue depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who together with Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru helped lead India to independence from the U.K. Often known as the Iron Man of India, he served as the independent country’s first home affairs minister and deputy prime minister, and he’s credited with helping unite its hundreds of disparate states into a coherent, functioning entity before his death in 1950.
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