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...
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The 'courage' quote is from a speech Fawcett gave after the death of fellow suffrage campaigner Emily Davison.
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Leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Killed at Smithfield by the Mayor of London, William Walworth.
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