- Statement (i) is correct. The title 'Sardar', meaning chief or leader, was given to Vallabhbhai Patel by the women of Bardoli during the Bardoli Satyagraha in 1928 for his leadership in the peasants' movement against increased taxes. - Statement (ii) is incorrect. Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel were famously cell-mates at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune during the Civil Disobedience Movement in the early 1930s (specifically 1932-33). Naini Prison is in Allahabad. - Statement (iii) is incorrect. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in