{"id":59917,"date":"2018-11-01T08:43:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T08:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=59917"},"modified":"2018-11-01T08:43:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T08:43:46","slug":"statue-of-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/statue-of-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"STATUE OF UNITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Where is the tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel, known as \u2018statue of unity\u2019 recently inaugurated?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(a)Ahmedabad<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(b)Vadodara<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(c)Narmada<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(d)Bhavnagar<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer :(c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the <strong>\u2018Statue of Unity\u2019<\/strong> in Kevadiya town in Narmada district of Gujarat on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel.<\/li>\n<li>This project was first announced on 10 October 2010 by the then Gujarat government by a special purpose vehicle-Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust (SVPRET).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ssgc-in-link-res --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2092339075\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The iron needed for the statue and other structures was collected from farmers of villages all around India in a form of donation of their used farming instruments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Features of \u2018Statue of Unity\u2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Height<\/strong>&#8211; 182 metres, this makes the statue almost twice the height of the iconic Statue of Liberty in New York.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>&#8211; around 3.5 km downstream from Sardar Sarovar dam, on an islet <strong>Sadhu Bet<\/strong> on the bed of River Narmada.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cost<\/strong>&#8211; Rs. 2989 crore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sculptor<\/strong>&#8211; <strong>Padmama Bhushan Ram V. Suthar,<\/strong> a 93 year-old acclaimed sculptor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Construction period<\/strong>&#8211; 34 months (approx.) work began on December 19, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- CM_SSGCP_Responsive_Link --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"4276316581\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Materials consumed- 70,000 tons of cement, 18,500 tons of reinforcement steel, 6,000 tons of structural steel and 1700 tons of bronze which was used as outer cladding of the structure.<\/li>\n<li>It is constructed by L&amp;T and has 5 zones of the statue.<\/li>\n<li>The viewing gallery can accommodate up to 200 people at a time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Prominent tallest statues of the world<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Statue of Unity (182m) Narmada, Gujarat, India<\/li>\n<li>Spring Temple Buddha (153m) Lushan, Henan province, China<\/li>\n<li>Ushiku Daibutsu (120m) Japan<\/li>\n<li>Statue of Liberty (93m) Liberty Island, New York<\/li>\n<li>The Motherland Calls(85m),Russia<\/li>\n<li>Christ The Redeemer (38 m) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel (Ironman of India):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel, Bismarck of Modern India born on 31<sup>st<\/sup> October 1875 was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India.<\/li>\n<li>He was an Indian barrister and statesman, a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the republic of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- CM_SSGCP_Responsive_HP --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"4711430853\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>He is renowned as the architect of independent India, as he united all diverse 562 princely states to build one great Republic of Independent India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statueofunity.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.statueofunity.in\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/salient-points-about-the-statue-of-unity\/article25377419.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/salient-points-about-the-statue-of-unity\/article25377419.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1551231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1551231<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statue_of_Unity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statue_of_Unity<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Where is the tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel, known as \u2018statue of unity\u2019 recently inaugurated? (a)Ahmedabad (b)Vadodara (c)Narmada (d)Bhavnagar Answer :(c) Related facts: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the \u2018Statue of Unity\u2019 in Kevadiya town in Narmada district of Gujarat on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhabhai Patel. 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