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As India’s first Home Minister, Sardar Patel was instrumental in ensuing the merger of 585 princely states and kingdoms across the country after Independence. Bengaluru: The Gujarat government has invited Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to attend the unveiling of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Statute of Unity at Sadhu Bet in the northwest state on October 31, an official said on Wednesday. “As Vala hails from Gujarat, Patel expressed confidence that he (Governor) would represent the southern state at the grand event and witness its unveiling,” said the official. The statue complex also has a memorial garden in the island, which is connected to the mainland through a bridge..