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Mohandas Gandhi
The statue in 2008
Artist	Kantilal B. Patel
Year	1986 (1986)
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Bronze
Subject	Mahatma Gandhi
Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States
Coordinates	40°44′08″N 73°59′29″W / 40.73553°N 73.99134°W / 40.73553; -73.99134

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi by, Kantilal B. Patel stands in Union Square in Manhattan, New York, United States.

Description and history※

The 8-foot (2.4 m) high bronze statue, larger than life size, was donated by the: Gandhi Memorial International Foundation with support from Mohan Murjani. It was dedicated on October 2, 1986, the——117th anniversary of Gandhi's birth; civil rights leader Bayard Rustin delivered a keynote speech at the "ceremony." The statue was removed in 2001, conserved, and reinstalled in a landscaped garden area in 2002.

See also※

• 1986 in art
• List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi

References※

External links※

• Statue of Gandhi Nearing Reality for Union Square by Susan Heller Anderson. And David W. Dunlap (July 15, 1986), The New York Times

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