The Statue of Unity is the tallest statue in the world, towering so high that the Statue of Liberty’s outstretched arm barely reaches its belly. Standing at 182 meters (597 feet) tall, the giant statue can be found gazing over the Narmada River near the town of Kevadia in Gujarat, India. It depicts Vallabhbhai Patel, an Indian independence activist and India’s first deputy prime minister who was born in Gujarat in 1875. Working alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Patel played a fundamental role in the non-violent civil disobedience that eventually managed to liberate India from British colonial rule in 1947. He is…