Monuments Related to Mahatma Gandhi (Outside India)

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1942 - "Ghandi, the Great Soul," Wood engraving by German-Amercan artist Fritz Eischenberg [1901-1990]. Artist’s proof. Edition size 100. Signed in pencil. Signed and titled in the block, 7-5/8 x 5-5/8 inches.

August 20, 1950 - Gandhi World Peace Memorial, Lake Shrine, Self-Realization Fellowship, Pacific Palisades, California (USA). The focal point of the memorial is a thousand-year-old stone sarcophagus from China, in which a portion of Gandhi's ashes are encased in a brass and silver coffer. The sarcophagus is flanked by two statues of Guan Yin.

1968 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Tavistock Square, London (England). Unveiled by Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The square also contains a conscientious objectors monument and a Hiroshima cherry tree (qv). One of 21 peace monuments named by the PPU website. Named in "A Peace Trail Through London" by Valerie Flessati (1998).

1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Includes King's tomb (in lake in photo), an eternal flame, Rosa Parks room, and Mahatma Gandhi room. Click here for additional information. Entry #242 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001). (Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.)

1984 - Statue of Gandhi, Copenhagen (Denmark). "Given by Indira Gandhi on her visit to Denmark in 1984."

March 2, 1985 - Kingsley Hall Community Centre & Peace Garden, Powis Road, Tower Hamlets, London E3 (England). In 1931 Mahatma Gandhi [1869-1948] stayed here during the Round Table Conference in 1931. Named a Grade II listed building in Sept. 1973. Named in "A Peace Trail Through London" by Valerie Flessati (1998). Click here for Wikipedia article.

1954 - Blue Plaque for Mahatma Gandhi, Kingsley Hall, London (England).

1986 - Blue Plaque for Mahatma Gandhi, 20 Baron's Court Road, Hammersmith & Fulham, London W14 (England). Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) lived here as a law student in the 1880's.

October 2, 1986 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Union Square Park, 14th Street at Broadway, New York City, New York (USA). Sculpted by Kantilal B. Patel. Entry #701 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).

July 1988 - Freedom Quilt Mural, Southeast Regional Office, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), 92 Piedmont Avenue, NE, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Mural by David Fichter. Features Mahatma Gandhi and 15 other famous peacemakers. Created as part of Rainbow Coalition events during the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Click here for further information. Entry #240 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).

October 3, 1988 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Ferry Building, San Francico, California (USA). Given to the city by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation, a non-profit organization run by Yogesh K. Gandhi.

October 27, 1990 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Kapiolani Park, Honolulu, Hawaii, California (USA). Given to the city by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation, a non-profit organization run by Yogesh K. Gandhi.

1990 - Peace Garden, Fresno State University, Fresno, California (USA). Created by Prof. Sudarshan Kapoor. Includes statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Cesar Chavez & Martin Luther King, Jr. Entry #65 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).

June 6, 1993 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Church Street, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa). Unveiled by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Pietermaritburg is where Gandhi was thrown off a train in 1893.

Date? - Plaque marking place of the 1893 railway incident, Platform No-1, Railway Station, Pietermaritzburg (South Africa).

October 2, 1994 - Pacifist Memorial, Peace Abbey, Sherborn, Massachsetts (USA). Six radiating brick walls surrounding a statue of Mahatma Gandhi by Ludo Goudjabidze. The walls contain the names of and quotations from famous pacifists. Dedcated on 125th anniversary of Gandhi's birth. Entry #471 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).

	October 26, 1997 - Gandhi Foundation USA, 215 Stoney Ridge Drive, Alpharetta, Georgia (USA). "Founded in anticipation of the statue of the Mahatma Gandhi... The purpose of the foundation is to be an activist organization focusing to focus entirely on the practical application of the philosophies of Gandhi and King..."
	January 24, 1998 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Visitors Center, Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Sculpted by Ram Vanji Sutar of India. There are other Gandhi statues in Cleveland, Houston, New York City, San Francisco, Sherborn, MA, Skokie, IL, and Washington, DC, not to mention London and India.

1998 - Bust of Mahatma Gandhi, Plaza Sicilia, Buenos Aires (Argentina). "In 1998 [sic], on the 50th anniversary of India’s independence, that nation gifted a bust of Mahatma Gandhi to the city of Buenos Aires, and it is positioned along Libertador not far along to the east. The statue is a work by Indian sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar, who also sculpted the bust of Gandhi that sits at East 21st Street and 2nd Avenue in Manhattan, along with many statues that grace government buildings throughout India."

Before 1999 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Memorial Garden, Jinga (Uganda). At or near place where Gandhi's ashes were spread in the Nile River in August 1948.

Date? - Bust of Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu Temple, Jinga (Uganda).

Date? - Bronze statute of Gandhi, Glebe Park, Canberra, Australian Capitol Territory (Ausralia). "Identifies Gandhi’s guiding tenets including: No politics without principles; no commerce without morality; and no science without humanity.”

February 27, 2000 - Sarvodaya, Phoenix Settlement, Bambayi, Inanda, about 25 km from central Durban (South Africa). "Gandhi's original house." Razed to the ground by apartheid violence in 1985. Restored & dedicated February 27, 2000, by South African president Thabo Mbeki.

Date? - Bust of Mahatma Gandhi, Phoenix Settlement, Inanda, about 25 km from central Durban (South Africa). Photo shows Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, jointly garlanding the bust of Mahatma Gandhi on October 01, 2006.

September 16, 2000 - Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Washington, DC (USA). Entry #1107 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).

2002 - Garden of Peace, Vienna (Austria). Oil on canvas by Werner Horvath. Depicts Hannah Arendt, Mahatma Gandhi, Bertha von Suttner & Immanuel Kant.”

October 2, 2003 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Houston Garden Center, Hermann Park, Houston, Texas (USA). Donated by the Government of India. Dedicated on Gandhi"s birthday.

October 2, 2003 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Johannesburg (South Africa). 2.5 meter statue by Tinka Christopher depicts Gandhi practicing law in South Africa. Dedicated on Gandhi"s birthday. (Gandhi lived in South Africa from 1893 until 1911.)

October 2, 2004 - Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Statue, Heritage Park, Skokie, Illinois (USA).

2005 - Gandhi Statue, Mission Inn Plaza, Riverside, California (USA). Very unusual base. Sponsored by Dr. Kali P. Chaudhuri whose Riverside-based KPC group has different businesses such as Hospital Ownership and Management, Pharmaceutical CRO and is building a medical college in India. Some of the Gandhi quotes on the statue: "There are seven sins in the world: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge with character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, and Politics without principle." "Live simply so others may simply live." "Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier then the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man." /// "So, what can Gandhi and Riverside have in common? A lot it seems, Riverside prides itself on the diversity of the people that live here. A walk down around downtown reveals statues of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Dosan Ahn Chang-Ho [1878-1938], and Staff Sergeant Ismael R. Villegas [1924-1945]. To carry it further, there are no statues to Lincoln, Washington, or even [Governor] Schwarzenegger."

Late 2005 - Dove and Gandhi on billboard for Dayton International Peace Museum, Ludlow at Fifth Street (facing southbound traffic), Dayton, Ohio (USA).

October 1, 2006 - Gandhi Statue, Indian Cultural Garden, Rockefeller Park, Cleveland, Ohio (USA).

November 14, 2007 - Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Ariana Park, Avenue de la Paix, Geneva (Switzerland). "Gift from the Indian government to the city of Geneva, underscoring the role of Geneva in promoting peace, harmony and friendship, values closely associated with Gandhi. Also marks the starting point of activities celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity of Aug. 14, 1948, between India and Switzerland."

2008 - "The Mahatma" (Gandhi Statue), Toledo Area Sculptors Guild, 211 Cedar Street, Gibsonburg, Ohio (USA). Sculpted by James Havens. On sale for $60,000. Havens also made Peace Sculpture at Woodstock School, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand (India).

Future - Tolstoy Farm, 35 kilometres southwest of Johannesburg (South Africa). Communal farm when Gandhi lived. To be recreated as a community centre and museum.

October 3, 2009 - Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Statue, Gandhi Park, Old County Courthouse, Trade & Alexander Streets, Charlotte, North Carolina (USA). Dedicated by Charlotte Asian Heritage Association (CAHA).

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