- The 182-meter tall Statue of Unity in Gujarat has been included in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s ‘8 Wonders of SCO’ list, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar announced.
- The ‘Statue of Unity’, the world’s tallest statue, is a monumental tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, independent India’s first home minister as well as deputy prime minister.
- The statue was inaugurated in October 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Patel’s 143rdbirth anniversary.
