Erection date: 1968
{The plinth of the bust is inscribed:}
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889 - 1964
In April 2009 this statue was beheaded, allegedly by protestors from an unauthorized Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam demonstration.
WC2, India Place, India House
Nearby India House is the High Commission of India.
To the north of the bust two trees have been planted each with a plaque laid into the ground.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Nehru bust
First Prime Minister of independent India. Born Allahabad, India. Father of M...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Nehru bust
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Nehru bust
Friendship Tree (Koelreutaria paniculata or Pride of India) planted by Lord M...
Built in 1892 by Charles Henman Jr. this heavily decorated complex of buildings makes up Croydon's Town Hall. The building and the rounde...
The building by E. R. Robson was erected for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour, founded in 1831 (the crest in the centre of...
The library, by E. Vincent Harris and opened in 1960, is the building to the south, the left of our picture. The Library Time Machine mus...
The hair seems a bit too curly but the sad eyes are right.
Playwright. Born Terence Mervyn Rattigan at 100 Cornwall Gardens, London. He achieved early theatrical success with his comedy 'French Without Tears' in 1936. This was followed by 'The Winslow Boy'...
Engraver, painter and publisher of illustrated books, and property developer in Bayswater. Born Manchester. c.1800-24 he published and sold many books of aquatints and etchings, in his own shops in...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...
The 2019 Hindustan Times provides the following: There are currently nearly 30,000 doctors in the National Health Service (NHS) who gained their primary qualifications in India. Besides, there ar...
