<P> In April 1928 Patel returned to the independence struggle from his municipal duties in Ahmedabad when Bardoli suffered from a serious double predicament of a famine and a steep tax hike . The revenue hike was steeper than it had been in Kheda even though the famine covered a large portion of Gujarat . After cross-examining and talking to village representatives , emphasising the potential hardship and need for non-violence and cohesion , Patel initiated the struggle with a complete denial of taxes . Patel organised volunteers , camps , and an information network across affected areas . The revenue refusal was stronger than in Kheda , and many sympathy satyagrahas were undertaken across Gujarat . Despite arrests and seizures of property and land , the struggle intensified . The situation came to a head in August , when , through sympathetic intermediaries , he negotiated a settlement that included repealing the tax hike , reinstating village officials who had resigned in protest , and returning seized property and land . It was during the struggle and after the victory in Bardoli that Patel was increasingly addressed by his colleagues and followers as Sardar . </P>
<P> In April 1928 Patel returned to the independence struggle from his municipal duties in Ahmedabad when Bardoli suffered from a serious double predicament of a famine and a steep tax hike . The revenue hike was steeper than it had been in Kheda even though the famine covered a large portion of Gujarat . After cross-examining and talking to village representatives , emphasising the potential hardship and need for non-violence and cohesion , Patel initiated the struggle with a complete denial of taxes . Patel organised volunteers , camps , and an information network across affected areas . The revenue refusal was stronger than in Kheda , and many sympathy satyagrahas were undertaken across Gujarat . Despite arrests and seizures of property and land , the struggle intensified . The situation came to a head in August , when , through sympathetic intermediaries , he negotiated a settlement that included repealing the tax hike , reinstating village officials who had resigned in protest , and returning seized property and land . It was during the struggle and after the victory in Bardoli that Patel was increasingly addressed by his colleagues and followers as Sardar . </P>
who called patel as sardar vallabhai patel for the first time
who called patel as sardar vallabhai patel for the first time
his colleagues and followers
his colleagues and followers