Vallabhbhai Patel is an Indian independence movement activist who played a leading role in the country's struggle for independence. He was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. A meeting with Gandhi, in October 1917 changed his viewpoint and he then decided to join the Indian independence struggle. Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's relationship was very close. Sardar Patel's attachment with Gandhiji was such that after Gandhiji's death his health started declining and within two months he suffered a massive heart attack in which he could not survive. His daughter Maniben Patel was freedom fighter and a member of Indian Parliament. She was also follower of Gandhiji's teaching and started working regularly at Sabarmati Ashram in 1918.