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2025 marked which birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?

Correct answer: (C) 150th.

October 31, 2025 marked the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, observed as part of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas celebrations at Ekta Nagar, Gujarat.

  1. (A)

    125th

  2. (B)

    140th

  3. (C)

    150th

  4. (D)

    175th

Explanation

The answer is the 150th birth anniversary because the PIB backgrounder on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas explicitly says that 2025 marks Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 150th birth anniversary. The commemoration falls within the annual October 31 observance of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, which honours Patel's role in national and political integration. The 2025 celebration was treated as a special milestone, with the Prime Minister scheduled to offer floral tribute at the Statue of Unity before the main celebrations at Ekta Nagar, Gujarat. The October 31, 2025 Ekta Nagar observance therefore points to option C as the only anniversary count supported by the official source.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 125th is wrong because the official PIB backgrounder identifies 2025 as the 150th birth anniversary, not the 125th.
  • (B) 140th is wrong because PIB links the 140th birth anniversary to 31 October 2015, when Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat was announced, not to 2025.
  • (D) 175th is wrong because the PIB backgrounder supports the 150th birth anniversary in 2025, not any 175th-anniversary observance.

Concept

This tests current affairs around national commemorative days and personalities, especially Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. Such anniversary-based questions recur in RAS because they connect dates, official observances and the civic legacy of major national figures.

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