The Man Who Saved India : Book Review!

About The Book

The Iron Man of India, Gandhiji’s Most Trusted Lieutenant, The Man Who United India are some of the famous names by which Sardar Patel is known today, but very little about the man himself is known. This book fills that gap.

The Man Who Saved India is a simple and limpidly written erudite book by Hindol Sengupta. Hindol Sengupta is an Indian historian and a journalist. His notable works include - ‘The Modern Monk’, ‘Being Hindu’ etc. This book covers the complete life of Sardar Patel in depth. Though it is very difficult to write a book on a person like Patel, Hindol Sengupta has done a very good job in doing so.

Hindol Sengupta

My Impressions

The Man Who Saved India is a superb book written by Hindol Sengupta. I really enjoyed reading this book since it was about a person who is not much known today partly because the reason (according to Hindol Sengupta)- “Patel, unlike Gandhi or Nehru, wrote no personal history. He famously argued that it was better to create history than to write it.”

All that I knew about Patel before reading this book, was that Patel was a very close companion of Gandhiji and played a pivotal role in the Indian freedom struggle. But, I was proven wrong. It seems that there are a lot of things that we must thank Sardar Patel for. The Bardoli Satyagraha, Champaran Satyagraha, Integration of the princely states(Hyderabad, Travancore, etc..) to the union of India, and many more. I feel really sad for Patel because he deserves equal respect and attention as Gandhi and Nehru do.

The Front Cover of the Magazine. Issue- Jan 27, 1947’. Image Credit - Time Archive

An awesome thing about this book is the fact that it is getting adapted as a major web series! So, yeah a very short and good book. I am giving it a 5-star rating.

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