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JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS
Crossing Divides and Building Bridges: The Intergroup Leadership of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel in the Integration of India
Author(s): Philip Mathew
Citation: Philip Mathew, (2013) "Crossing Divides and Building Bridges: The Intergroup Leadership of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the Integration of Indias," Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 10, Iss. 4, pp. 62 - 72
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
This paper explores the intergroup leadership of freedom fighter and India’s first Home Minister Sardar
Vallabbhai Patel as he facilitated the political integration of nearly 600 diverse princely states in the
wake of independence. While leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru are well known in
discussions of leadership, the intergroup leadership of Patel remains an untold yet highly compelling
lesson in how a leader can span boundaries and build bridges amidst disparate and divided groups to
forge a path forward.
