Soon thereafter, the Sardar passed away in Bombay on December 15, 1950. In a moving tribute in the Lok Sabha Nehru recalled their long association and described (Sardar) Patel as "a friend and a colleague on whom one could invariably rely." He was, to use (Jawaharlal) Nehru's picturesque words,''a great captain of our forces in the struggle for freedom as well as in moments of victory.. a tower of strength to wavering hearts."
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