The Collected Works of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: 1 January 1949 - 31 December 1949 ; Sardar Patel supports membership of commonwealth, stresses need to wider role in other countries, assures Princes of Privy Purses, praises services for their patriotic role, stresses uniform code of law, reservation for scheduled castes for ten years only, Hindi to be national language within ten years, elaborates his economic policy