Tree

B R Ambedkar - tree

Erection date: 19/2/1997

Inscription

(catalpa Bignoides or Indian Bean Tree)
Planted by H.E. Dr. L. M. Singhvi, High Commissioner for India in UK, in the presence of The Rt. Hon. Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Chief Justice of England, in remembrance of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, an architect of Free India's Constitution.
February 19th 1997.

Site: Ambedkar (1 memorial)

WC1, Gray's Inn Gardens

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Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

An architect of Free India's Constitution and crusader for social justice. B...

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Lord Bingham of Cornhill

Born as Thomas Henry Bingham on 13 October 1933, his birth was registered in ...

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Dr. L. M. Singhvi

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

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