Person    | Male  Born 2/10/1869  Died 30/1/1948

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian politician, instrumental in India's independence. Born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at Porbunder in Gujarat. Assassinated in Delhi on the way to prayers. There is another statue of Gandhi in Britain, in Leicester, unveiled in June 2009.

2019: TelegraphIndia has an interesting article that refers to a planned statue in London's East End that was never erected.

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Friendship tree

We could find no evidence that the Raghuveers were married but it seems very ...

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Gandhi and Indo-British togetherness trees

Friendship Tree (Koelreutaria paniculata or Pride of India) planted by Lord M...

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Gandhi statue - Bloomsbury

This seatless statue belongs to the select group of seated London statues - s...

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Gandhi statue - Parliament Square

{On the front of the plinth:} Mahatma Gandhi {On the base of the statue, at ...

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Hackney Peace Carnival Mural

Easteight gives some interesting information about this mural. Mike Jones fin...

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Giles Vernon Hart - W6

{Beneath the Solidarity emblem:} In memory of Giles Vernon Hart a lifelong ca...

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George Padmore

George Padmore

International activist and renowned pan Africanist (favouring the unification of Africa).  Born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse in Trinidad.  Travelled a lot. but settled in London in 1935.  Worked as ...

Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Africa, Caribbean Islands, Ghana

1 memorial
Wandsworth Council EMAS

Wandsworth Council EMAS

Wandsworth Ethnic Minority Achievement Service. it works in partnership with schools, governors, parents and colleagues in the Wandsworth Children and Young People's Services Department to ensure h...

Group, Community / Clubs, Nationalism

1 memorial
John Alcindor

John Alcindor

Doctor. Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (his birth date may have been the 9th of July 1873). He won a scholarship in 1892, which paid for his passage to Britain, where he studied in Edinburgh and G...

Person, Medicine, Nationalism, Caribbean Islands, Scotland

1 memorial
Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes

Born a protestant in York but became a Catholic when his widowed mother married a Catholic. A professional soldier, he fought for Spain but when he realised that Spain would not invade Britain and ...

Person, Execution, Nationalism, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
India House

India House

An informal Indian nationalist organisation founded in 1905 by Shyamji Krishna Varma at 65 Cromwell Avenue. The term is also used to describe the building in Highgate where many of the student adhe...

Group, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, India

2 memorials