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About The Author: Mrs) Sikata Panda is currently working as a Reader in Political Science in Gangadhar Meher College (Autonomous), Sambalpur, Odisha. She has 20 years of experience of teaching Undergraduate and Postgraduate classes. She did her M.A., M. Phil and Ph.D. from Sambalpur University, Odisha. She was awarded a UGC Research Project for her Ph.D. work. She has written a number of articles on Indian political thought and attended many seminars on the same theme. Contents: Contents, Preface 11, 1. Introduction 15, 1.1 The Research Problem, 1.1.1 Nature of Political Thought, 1.1.2 Nature and Themes of, Indian Political Thought, 1.1.3 Importance of Vallabhbhai Patel, 1.2 Overview of Literature, 1.2.1 Letters and Speeches of Vallabhbhai Patel, 1.2.2 Works on Vallabhbhai Patel, 1.3 Issuebased Works, 1.4 Objectives of the Study, 1.5 Methodology, 2. Vallabhbhai Patel: A Life Sketch 55, 2.1 Preadulthood, 2.2 Adulthood, 2.3 Sources of Influence, 2.3.1 The Family, 2.3.2 The Community, 2.3.3 Educational Institutions, 2.3.4 Semipolitical and Political Associations, 2.4 The Emerging Pattern, 8 Political Ideas of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, 3. Pattern of Political Values 91, 3.1 Rights and Liberty, 3.1.1 Right against Exploitation, 3.1.2 Freedom of Speech and Expression, 3.1.3 Right to Life, 3.1.4 Right to Property, 3.1.5 Right to Religion, 3.1.6 Political Rights, 3.1.7 Rights and Liberty: Correlationship, 3.2 Equality and Justice, 3.2.1 On Gender Equality, 3.2.2 On Caste Relationship, 3.2.3 On Dignity of Labour, 3.2.4 Equality and Justice: Correlationship, 3.3 The Emerging Pattern, 4. The Concept of NationState 159, 4.1 Growth of Nationalism, 4.2 Vision of Nation–State, 4.3 Bases of Nationalism, 4.4 Strategies for the Nation–State, 4.4.1 Rearrangement of Social Relations, 4.4.2 Creation of Awareness, 4.4.3 Strategy of Confrontation, 4.4.4 Strategy of Electoral Participation, 4.5 The Emerging Pattern, 5. Role as Nation Builder 207, 5.1 Framing of the Constitution, 5.1.1 Cha