Statue of Mahatma Gandhi | |
Italic Title: | no |
Wikidata: | Q56477159 |
Subject: | Mahatma Gandhi |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
City: | Church Street, Pietermaritzburg |
Coordinates: | -29.602°N 30.3784°W |
Pushpin Map: | KwaZulu-Natal |
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]