Plaque

India Place named

Erection date: 26/1/1996

Inscription

This street was renamed India Place on Republic Day, 26 January 1996, by the Right Worshipful, the Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor Alan Bradley, in the presence of His Excellency the High Commissioner for India, Dr. L.M. Singhvi

On 26 January 1950 the Constitution of India came into force and India declared itself a Republic.

Site: India Place named (1 memorial)

WC2, India Place, India House

That brightly coloured lump just below the plaque is one of a few hundred elephants that have recently invaded central London (2010).

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Alan Bradley

Councillor and Lord Mayor of Westminster in 1995-6.

Dr. L. M. Singhvi

High Commissioner for India in the UK, 1991-7: after V. K. Krishna Menon, he ...

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