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India originally wanted to build the world's first architectural statue to announce the world.
didn't expect to take the Indian people to eat "soil" together, not only that, but this statue was also revealed to be made in China.
When this news came out, the whole of India blew up, so what kind of face did Modi have to meet Jiangdong's father?
"Statue of Sardar Patel"
Today, the statue of Sardar Patel has been erected and is currently the tallest statue in the world.
The statue is 180 meters high, with a total investment of nearly 32 billion rupees, which is equivalent to 4 billion yuan, and took four full years to build.
The statue is based on Patel, the founding general of India, who is one of the representative figures of India.
And it plays a pivotal role in the history of the development of the Indian state.
After India's independence, it was Patel who served as a high-ranking Indian official, thinking about the local people wholeheartedly.
For the people of India, the spirit of Patel has long been woven into their lives.
On the other hand, it is also to be able to highlight the great image of the founding father of his country.
Before the construction of the project, India planned that the sculpture would refresh the world rankings and thus highlight the country's strength.
The statue was eventually built and sits on a small island in the Narmada River in India.
For the people of India, the erection of a statue of Patel is to commemorate his spirit of struggle for India.
But the Indian government's decision to erect the statue was not limited to these considerations, but purely for comparison.
Before Modi became India's prime minister, he has been closely following the world pattern and the movements of all parties.
As India's neighbor, every move of the mainland has made India very sensitive, and it has become India's goal to surpass the mainland.
At that time, Modi had been paying attention to many moves in China, and the first thing that touched Modi's heartstrings was the Pingdingshan Giant Buddha in Henan.
This Buddha statue is 108 meters high, and a lotus throne is 25 meters high, which is equivalent to the height of a nine-story building.
After five years of engineering time, 270 million yuan was consumed, more than 3,300 tons of copper, more than 15,000 tons of tempered materials and 216 catties of gold were made.
Before the completion of the Patel statue, the height of the Buddha statue on Pingdingshan held the highest position in the world.
At the same time, this statue is a Buddha statue, which has a strong religious element, and its significance is extraordinary.
After its completion, the Pingdingshan Buddha statue has also become a famous scenic spot in the mainland, and has also led to the development of surrounding tourist cities.
In neighboring India, Modi has not yet sat in the prime minister's position, he is only the chief minister of a state.
But it gradually became his dream to build a statue that was bigger and more spectacular than the Buddha statue in Pingdingshan.
In India's original plans, the original Patar statue was much lower than the height of the Buddha statue because of the lack of money in the pocket.
This caused Modi's dissatisfaction, and he was unwilling to be crushed by the mainland, so he took action himself.
Modi contacted the Indian design master Sutar, and after more than a year of planning, Sutar finally designed this masterpiece that is ready to shock the world.
Whether it is from the demeanor or the degree of momentum, Modi is very satisfied.
In contrast, the height of Patel's statue is far higher than that of the Buddha statue on the flat-topped mountain, and Modi is very happy.
But what the Indian people didn't expect was that Modi's riotous operation had just begun.
"Start Building"
The pre-construction work is ready to continue, and the next thing to do is how to get the statue of Patel to land.
And the first problem is capital, such a huge project, the consumption of manpower and material resources is very huge.
After Sutar finished designing the drawings, he gave Modi a rough estimate of $500 million to complete the statue of Patar.
That's a lot of money for India, and the statue has very little functionality other than gold on its face.
And it is difficult for the Indian treasury to come up with so much money to invest in the project, so Modi has turned his attention to the common people.
So Modi began to use this face-saving project to appeal to Indians to donate metal objects in their homes.
In the name of the statue, he contributed to the country by dedicating his family's old farm tools and waste materials to the construction of the statue.
The campaign then swept across India, lasting more than three months, with more than 700,000 villages across the country collecting donations.
At the same time, Modi also painted cakes for the people, saying that if there are people willing to continue to donate in the future, economic subsidies will be issued.
At this point, at least the materials that started in the early stage are found again, and the next step is to face the problem of construction.
In terms of technology, India has no experience in building such large-scale sculpture projects.
Therefore, there is no unit in the whole of India that can take over this work.
As a result, India has set its sights on China, known as the infrastructure maniac.
Because the construction team of the mainland has built the Pingdingshan Giant Buddha before, it can be regarded as having experience in the establishment of large statues.
So Modi reluctantly invited a Chinese construction team to participate in the development of the statue.
After four years of construction, and the common people also suffered for four years, the statue was finally completed.
However, it didn't take long for the Indian people to be happy, and the main core of the statue was revealed to be made by a Chinese team.
This made the Indian people very angry, such a monumental statue was not erected by their own country.
Now that the statue was built, the people had nothing to say, and slowly calmed down their anger.
However, the various subsidies promised by Modi before the construction were not paid on time, which made the Indian people very angry.
After more than four years of suffering with the government, I hope that the statue will improve the lives of my family after it is built.
As a result, it is not known when the subsidy will be distributed, and the people are angry with Modi.
On the day of the statue's unveiling, India also organized a grand unveiling ceremony, and the opening ceremony was very exciting.
On the surface, the joy was actually an undercurrent, when the Indian government installed more than 5,000 police officers to maintain order at the scene.
For fear that the people would suddenly protest, the whole process could not be held smoothly.
Modi also delivered an impassioned speech at the ceremony, saying that it was a day to be remembered by all.
This statue is announcing to the world that India is gradually moving towards prosperity and power, and on the road to becoming a world power.
But to the heartache of the people, this well-known founding leader has been fighting for the people of India all his life.
It is because of Patel's strong will and love for the people that all the people of India will remember.
Unexpectedly, decades later, Modi would use Patel's statue as his own political achievement, which is really embarrassing.
Resources:
Xinhuanet: 182 meters high!India's "world's tallest sculpture" unveiled2018-11-01
China News Network: India Starts Building 182-meter-High World's Tallest Sculpture Calls on People to Donate Metal-Chinanews.com2013-11-02
People's Daily: The world's tallest statue will be completed in October and will be twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty2018-03-23