Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is celebrated on October 31 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Arvind Srivastava, General Manager of South Western Railway, administered the pledge of unity to all officers and staff at Rail Soudha, the headquarters of South Western Railway in Hubballi, after offering floral tributes to the portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on National Unity Day.