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The planet’s tallest statue has been unveiled, of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s ‘Man of Iron’, a vital figure in the country’s move to independence (statueofunity.in). To gape at the £340-million, bronze-clad Statue of Unity, you’ll need to travel to Gujarat in western India, which, among other records, also has the highest number of vegans and the largest salt desert in the world.
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