MP institutes Sardar Patel award
Bhopal,
Nov
1:
The
Madhya
Pradesh
government
will
institute
an
annual
award
of
Rs
1.51
lakh
in
memory
of
Sardar
Vallabh
Bhai
Patel
for
agriculture
or
any
allied
sector,
Chief
Minister
Shivraj
Singh
Chouhan
said.
Mr Chouhan made the announcement here yesterday at a function organised by Madhya Pradesh Kurmi Kshatriya Samaj on Sardar Patel's 132nd birth anniversary.
He said functions would be organised at all government schools on Patel Jayanti, while necessary action would be taken to instal Patel's statuues in all districts.
UNI
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Story first published: Thursday, November 1, 2007, 12:49 [IST]