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
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This bust, high up in the pediment, is supported on each side by a muse, in the usual flimsy garb.
Unveiled by Prince Philip in 1967. Inside the bust there is a ½ pint Guinness bottle and a note written by Belsky. The Guinness was, it i...
Writer. Born in Erith, Kent. During WW2 he served in Burma where he spent eighteen hours adrift in the Indian Ocean after his ship was torpedoed. After the war he joined the Daily Express and becam...
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