This book presents the personality of Patel against the background of the political situation prevailing immediately after partition. This book tells the bold and brazen story of how State by State, from Junagadh to Patna, Travancore to J&K, that is, two thirds of the land mass was shepherded under Mother India's wings, by one man's steadfast commitment to the larger cause, no further division of the subcontinent. India is today suffering the consequences of ignoring Patel's advise on Kashmir and China. Though it covers just five years of Sardar Patel's life and times, this is a work of historicity that every Indian must read to understand how India came to be the India that Google today shows us.