Erection date: 14/3/2015
{On the front of the plinth:}
Mahatma Gandhi
{On the base of the statue, at the left:}
Jackson
Morris Singer Foundry
SW1, Parliament Square
Locating this statue so close to the British Parliament is controversial given that Gandhi led the successful campaign for India to be free of British colonial rule.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gandhi statue - Parliament Square
Indian politician, instrumental in India's independence. Born as Mohandas Kar...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Gandhi statue - Parliament Square
Sculptor. Philip Henry Christopher Jackson was born Inverness. Studio in Midh...
Founded by John Webb Singer as the Frome Art Metal Works. Cast many of the be...
This identification of the statues on front of this building is only tentative, suggested by Ornamental Passions.
According to an information board in the square this bronze statue was erected in 1831 and survived an attempt by Reform Bill agitators ...
The base of the statue is inscribed "Wm. MacMillan Sc. 1963". The pose is taken from Hogarth's portrait. Unveiled by Princess Anne.
The monument, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by George Gilbert Scott, was built 1864-72, and the statue of Albert was instal...
Sculpted by Grinling Gibbons or one of his pupils this is considered a very fine statue. It is a pair with that of Charles II, James's br...