Mesmerising Lakshadweep! Sardar Patel has contributed majorly to making these islands an integral part of India. Pakistan Navy was on its way to the island but could not establish its territory as they saw Indian flags waving on the island. Sardar Patel had sent an SOS message to Mudaliar brothers to convey the collector of Travancore to instruct the police officials and the employees to go to Lakshadweep with whatever arms were with them. His instruction was to take possession of the islands closer to the border and hoist the national flag there. “If the police forces no firearms with them, they can take lathis with them but somehow take possession of the area.” Sardar Patel was farsighted. The Pak dream to capture Lakshadweep was shattered after they watch the Indian National Flag and preferred to take U-turn. The incident took place immediately after India got independence in 1947.
