This story is from December 19, 2014

Iron Man’s origins mined

The updated family tree also manages to track lineage of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s first home minister and deputy Prime Minister, to his 17th generation.
Iron Man’s origins mined
AHMEDABAD: It was 90 years ago in 1924 that the first list for ‘Vanshavali’ of the Chha (6) Gaam Patidar of Bhadran, Dharmaj, Karamsad, Nadiad, Sojitra, Savli and Vaso was prepared by Motibhai Amin to ascertain the family members of the extended society. Today in 2014, the new generation, now spread across the world, has completed the herculean task and has added 80,000 new families to the existing 70,000.
The team members have mapped the members in Gujarat, India and in 22 countries such as the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the UAE. The updated family tree also manages to track lineage of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s first home minister and deputy Prime Minister, to his 17th generation.
“We have made a website and software in which with a few keywords, the visitors will be able to know the names and details of seven generations. The members will also be able to update the information. We have got support from across the globe for the project where the NRGs have sent in their details. We hope to publish the book in March next year,” said Bakulesh Patel, joint treasurer of the Chha Gaam Patidar Samaaj. The work on inclusion of women members will also commence soon, he added.
Kaushik Patel, secretary of Bharat Patidar Samaaj, said that the primary motive is to raise awareness about the community’s roots among the NRGs whose third or even fourth generation wants to know about their family. “We are corroborating the collected information with the elderly of the area to ascertain that no member is excluded. In this update, we have included entire areas that had earlier not been part of the detailed survey. A total of 700 new persons from Sojitra have been added whose mention was not there in the earlier list,” he said.
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Bharat Yagnik

Bharat Yagnik is special correspondent at The Times of India, Ahmedabad, and reports on education-related issues, including primary school and higher and technical education. His interest areas include travelling and has recently been to Mansarovar.

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