When he was 27, his first wife Yashoda died, leaving him his son Bipin.
His flat on Sandhurst Road and later Prabhadevi in Bombay was the frequent residence of Sardar Patel.
[1][2] Patel was a Congressman and was elected member of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in 1939, where he spent 18 years.
He left congress in 1957 over disagreements with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
[3] He eventually became the vice president of the Parishad and was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1958.