Mangalore: In memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, DyPM of India (1947-50), who passed away on Dec.15, 1950 after uniting India in to one by putting over 550 states in 1 national mould, a Unity Run was held from Jyothi circle to Neharu Maidan on Sunday morning with youths, students and citizens included to the extent of 4500 or more runners.

The purpose of this run was not only to remember Sardar Patel, but also to collect enough iron metal pieces to be contributed by common people of the region to set up a tall statue of Patel in Gujarat his home State.

The run was successfully performed as expected by the organizers, of Collection Committee.

MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik, MLC Monappa Bhandary, Prof Shastri, Pratap Simha Nayak, Yogish Bhat, Capt Brijesh Chowta, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, M B Puranik, Kishor Kumar, Nagaraj Shetty, Ranjan Gowda and others took part in this marathon run which was flagged off by city MP Nalin Kumar Kateel.