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COMMEMORATIVE STATUES INDIA
Sardar Patel's 150th birth anniversary to be celebrated for two years: Amit ShahHome Minister Amit Shah announced that the government will celebrate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's 150th birth anniversary with a two-year nat...
Future of Gandhi's statue in Wales in question after slave trade reviewWales has a bronze sculpture of Gandhi at Cardiff Bay, unveiled in 2017 to mark the 148th birth anniversary of the leader of the Indian nat...
Putting canines on a pedestalStatues of dogs usually get more goodwill and interest than those of humans.
Amit Shah flags off 'Run for Unity' to commemorate Patel's birth anniversaryThe 'Run for Unity', which began from the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, saw the participation of a large number of people, including ...
View: Statue debate is giving us a more rounded history lessonIndians are realising that history is much more than what politically correct textbooks revealed.
Railways runs special train to ferry 1,000 people from Varanasi to Gujarat for unveiling of Patel statuePatel's Statue of Unity in Gujarat's Narmada district is twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty in the US.Iron was collected from all over ...
Switzerland turns to Sridevi's memory to boost tourismTalk of a statue of the late filmstar Sridevi being installed somewhere in Switzerland, a couple of years after one of the late director Ya...
- First-ever Freedom Run marks Independence Day in London
Just after midnight, the Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Y K Sinha, addressed the gathering as tea and samosas were served to all parti...
Sardar Patel Week to be observed from October 31The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas so far has seen the PM paying floral tributes at the Sardar Patel statue on Parliament Street in New Delhi.
Statue to commemorate 1st Indians in South Africa to be builtA commemorative statue to honour the memory of first Indian indentured labourers' arrival to South Africa in 1860 will be erected at a beac...
Set up Einstein's memorial in Mumbai: Sudheendra Kulkarni to Maharashtra CMThe Chief Minister should initiate naming a prominent road or a square in Mumbai after Einstein, and an installation of a befitting statue,...
Big B to attend unveiling of Mahatma Gandhi statue in LondonFM Arun Jaitley will unveil bronze statue, which will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India.
FM Arun Jaitley to meet investors, unveil Mahatma Gandhi statue during UK visitJaitley, leaving for the UK tomorrow, will also unveil a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square, London on Saturday.
- Arrival of first Indian labourers in South Africa celebrated
The arrival of the first shipload of Indians as indentured sugarcane plantation labourers 154 years ago was marked with a dual commemoratio...
Mahatma Gandhi statue gets UK planning clearanceWestminster City Council granted planning permission for the sculpture commemorating Gandhi, which will be placed close to the statue of Ne...
Tamil Nadu CM inaugurates memorials for freedom fightersTamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today inaugurated a commemorative pillar and memorial dedicated to freedom fighters.
- Grandson says no to Rs 100 cr Mahatma Gandhi statue
Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna pointed out that such an expenditure was unwarranted when more than half the country was drought-str...