December 15 is marked as an important date in the history of independent India. On December 15, 1950, the Iron Man of India and the country's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel breathed his last in Mumbai (then Bombay). On Sardar Patel's death anniversary, here are 10 interesting facts about Sardar Patel. 

- Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was born in 1875 in Kheda, Gujarat.