Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Friday that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who fulfilled Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's dream of a unified India by abrogating Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.
Flagging off the 'Run for Unity' on the 150th birth anniversary of the country's first Home Minister, Sardar Patel, at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here, Mr. Shah said after India's independence, the British decided to leave the country divided into 562 princely States.
"At that time, the entire world thought that it would be impossible to unite these 562 princely states into one nation.
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