Statue of Mahatma Gandhi | |
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Year | 1993 (1993) |
Subject | Mahatma Gandhi |
Location | Church Street, Pietermaritzburg |
Coordinates | 29°36′07″S 30°22′42″E / 29.60202°S 30.378363°E / -29.60202; 30.378363 |
Mahatma Gandhi is a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Church Street, Pietermaritzburg, depicting the Indian independence campaigner and nonviolent pacifist as a young man.[1][2]
The statue was unveiled in 1993 by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, marking the centenary since Gandhi was thrown from a train at Pietermaritzburg railway station.[3]