Sardar Patel’s Jayanti will be celebrated on 31 October 2021. This is a regional public holiday that is celebrated in Gujrat and honours India's first Deputy Prime Minister, Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel. He was born on 31 October 1875 in Nadiad, a small village in Gujarat. He went on to study law in England and returned to India in 1913, after completing his degree. Later on, after hearing Mahatma Gandhi speak, he entered politics and soon became a powerful opponent of British rule in India.