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India on Wednesday inaugurated the world's tallest statue, 182 meters high, built in honor of one of the country's heroes, Sardar Patel, architect of the island. unity of the new country born after the independence of the British in 1947. and the partition of the subcontinent.
I bow down to the man who avoided the plot that was trying to divide India, the man who put an end to all the doubts about the future of the world. India, "said today Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, promoter of the project, at the inauguration.
The giant leader of Independence, erected along the Narmada River in its home state of Gujarat (west) and costing about 350 million euros, was completed this month after five years of works.
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Modi acknowledged that it was a "pleasure" for him to inaugurate the sculpture of "the golden man of Indian history", since it was only He was working on a project he had conceived while he was still the head of the Gujarat government shortly before his dazzling victory. in the 2014 general elections that elevate him to the command of the Asian country.
I never thought I would have this opportunity as Prime Minister of India, "said Modi, asking those present, including the leaders of the Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to shout in Patel's honor: "Immortal, Immortal! "
Visitors at the foot of the gigantic statue in India. (AP)
The pharaonic sculpture was conceived as a tourist center with hotels, museums and even a fleet of boats to reach the region.
Patel is known as "the Iron Man" of India – although the thousands of bronze pieces constituting the exterior of the statue were made in China – for his efforts to unify the country after the independence of the British colony on August 15, 1947 and the partition that assumed the creation of Pakistan.
The leader has also played a key role in the integration of more than 500 independent princely states in the country. The effigy was therefore called "statue of unity" by Modi, who offered his offering as a sign of respect for the height. giant feet of Patel.
According to analysts, this effigy, which has moved from the first place in height to the Buddha Temple of 153 meters located in China, is a first act of election campaign before the general election of the year. next.
Patel belonged to the now-opposition party of Congress, and was minister of the interior in the first independent Indian government, led by Jawaharlal Nehru, but it was criticized that Modi seeks to create a parallel story of independence to connect Hindu nationalism and his party with key figures.
With information from EFE
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