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...
Edward Geoffrey, 14th Earl of Derby
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
In the spandrels above the entrance door: "Bloomsbury Rifles Pro Patria Semper" ('for my country always'). The technique used for this le...
The project to erect the statue was masterminded by Dr Patil.
When this pub was built in 1892 the Duke of Cumberland was Ernest Augustus, the 3rd Duke, who while crown prince of Hanover was also a li...
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