गंसे उदां हादोराव माहारियारि खौसेथिनि थाखाय बिथांनि खोथालाखिनाया आबुं आरो गोजोरमोन, जाय बिथांखौ 'भारतनि लहा हौवा' बिमुं होदोंमोन।
His commitment to national integration in the newly independent country was total and uncompromising, earning him the sobriquet "Iron Man of India".