Plaque

Indira Gandhi and Lord Paul

Erection date: 23/3/1982

Inscription

This tree commemorates the visit of Mrs Indira Gandhi on 23 March 1982, sponsored by Lord Swraj Paul, Chairman, Caparo Group Ltd.

Site: Indira Gandhi and Ambika Paul (2 memorials)

W1, Portland Place, 9, Pavement Features

Two rather sad tree boxes, one empty and the other containing a dead commemorative tree.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Indira Gandhi and Lord Paul

Subjects commemorated i

Caparo Group

Company, based in Portland Place, founded by Lord Paul, specialising predomin...

Read More

Indira Gandhi

First woman prime minister of India. Born Indira Priyadarshini Nehru at Allah...

Read More

Lord Paul

Business magnate, philanthropist and politician. Born Swraj Paul at Jalandhar...

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Indira Gandhi and Lord Paul

Also at this site i

Ambika Paul

Ambika Paul

Ambika Paul, 12 November 1963 to 19 April 1968, always loved and remembered, ...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Holy Apostles Church - Pimlico

Holy Apostles Church - Pimlico

SW1, Winchester Street, Holy Apostles Church

The plaque is masquerading as the the last window on the right. From the church's website: "The first Catholic church in Pimlico was in ...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Queen's Platinum Jubilee

E5, Wattisfield Road

Designed by architects Gunton and Gunton and opened in 1923. These alsmhouses consist of a row of six cottages with a pair of semi-detach...

2 subjects commemorated
John Wesley's house - EC1

John Wesley's house - EC1

EC1, City Road

Wesley lived here in the winters from 1779 until his death, here.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Michael Faraday - N7 - plaque

Michael Faraday - N7 - plaque

N7, Faraday Close, 7, North Telephone Exchange

This plaque was first erected in the Sandemanian Chapel, at the same time, 1906, as the "MF" one. It was removed and put on display in th...

2 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
John Dimmer VC

John Dimmer VC

SE1, Jubilee Gardens

This plaque was unveiled exactly 100 years after the deeds that won Dimmer the VC.

War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

Previously viewed

David Copperfield Children's Library

David Copperfield Children's Library

Founded by the American Rev. J. Brett Langstaff.  The picture is from 1947. The New York Times, 19 March 1922 carries a letter reporting on a performance of a play for the benefit of this library....

Group, Children, Museums / Libraries

1 memorial
Plinth for lost sculpture

Plinth for lost sculpture

E1, Chicksand Estate

See here for another sad empty plinth.