Statue of Unity - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Statue of unity is proud of India. The statue depicts Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement. He was also the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. He played important role for the unification of hundreds of kingdom states to form Democracy in India.
Some facts to know about statue of Unity and gives answer of your lot question like
what is height of statue ?
What is purpose of the statue ?
How it is processed ?
Where statue of Unity is located ?
- Base of statue is 50 mt ( 193 ft)
- Height of Statue of Unity is 182 metres (597 ft)
- So Including base ( base + statue ) it is 240 mt ( 790 ft )
- At current time it is the World’s Tallest Statue, 182 Metres
- It is located on a river island facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam. Which is on the river Narmada.
- It is in Gujarat state of India.
- Distance from nearest city Vadodara, Gujarat is 100 kilometres (62 mi).
- 200 people can visit in the Statue in one time.
- As a chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi first announced this project 7 October, 2010
- To make base of iron. Statue of Unity Movement was started and collect iron from farmers to donate their used(scrap) farming instruments.
- By 2016 total 135 metric tonnes of scrap iron had been collected
- 109 tonnes was used to make the foundation of the statue.
- This Status is made from Steel framing, concrete and brass coating, brass cover स्टील फ्रेमिंग, कंक्रीट और पीतल कोटिंग, कांस्य आवरण
- Statue dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai patel. Which is also famed by name of "Iron Man".
- Statue took 42 months of construction time
- It is dedicated to nation on 31 October, 2018 by Shri Narendra Modi
- So it's purpose of being created is to get inspiration to follow duties towords nation. It is source of inspiration for current and coming generation. As well as it is tourism place and estimate employement of 15k people in a Year.
