“Like the Sardar (Patel), Gandhiji never hide anything from me. In this regard, I believe, he was the best man of his era.” –Maniben Vallabhbhai PatelBorn on April 3, 1903 in a Patel-Patidar family of Karamsad village of Kheda district in Gujarat, Maniben Vallabhbhai Patel had the unique combi...