Look at the cartoon carefully and answer the question:

Who is the person walking towards the man shown sitting on another man?

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 

The correct answer is Option 2 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

In the cartoon, Maharaja Bodhchandra of Manipur is shown sitting on another man and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel is shown walking towards him.

The cartoon comments on the relation between the people and the rulers in the Princely States, and also on Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel’s approach to resolving this issue. In the cartoon, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is shown demanding external affairs, defense and communication from the rulers of the princely states. Sardar Patel was India’s Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister during the crucial period immediately following Independence. He played a historic role in negotiating with the rulers of princely states firmly but diplomatically and bringing most of them into the Indian Union.