2011

This statue of Mahatma Ghandi is situated across the street from the Embassy of India in Washington DC. It shows Gandhi in stride, as a leader and man of action evoking memories of his 1930 protest march against salt-tax. Through such non-violent protests, Ghandi led India to freedom from British rule in 1947. He is hailed as the father of the nation. Crusader for human rights and liberty, thinker, writer reformer, apostle of truth and non-violence (ahimsa), Gandhi succeeded in uniting millions of people of all faiths across India in a mass movement of civil disobedience. On Gandhi’s seventieth birthday, Albert Einstein wrote, "Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth". The statue is situated across the street from the embassy of India in Washington DC. It is a gift from the people of India and the Indian-American community. Created by Gautam Pal, the statue rises to a height of 8 feet 8 inches and is a gift from the people of India and the Indian-American community.