{
  "id": 17347232,
  "title": "PM Modi offers floral tributes to Sardar Patel at Statue of Unity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/pm-modi-offers-floral-tributes-to-sardar-patel-at-statue-of-unity",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T05:33:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pm-modi-pays-floral-tributes-to-sardar-patel-at-the-statue-of-unity-on-national-unity-day/article71648293.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "October 31 is observed every year as National Unity Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, who played a pivotal role in integrating princely states into the Indian Union after Independence",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "On Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary, a historian explains how he became ‘Sardar’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/on-vallabhbhai-patels-birth-anniversary-a-historian-explains-how-he",
        "published": "2026-10-30T23:30:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}