Erection date: 17/7/2013
V. K. Krishna Menon, 1896 - 1974, campaigner for Indian Independence, lived here.
English Heritage
Tony Benn knew Menon personally.
N6, Langdon Park Road, 30
The Hindu claims that this was "where he lived when he first moved to the city" and "where he lived from 1929 to 1931" all of which contradicts the claim on his NW1 plaque that he lived there "1924 to 1947".
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Krishna Menon - N6
Politician who campaigned for India's independence from Britain. Lived in Lon...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Krishna Menon - N6
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