| 词条 | Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Parliament Square |
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| title = Statue of Mahatma Gandhi | italic title = no | image_file = Mahatma Gandhi at Parliament Square, London.jpg | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = The statue in March 2015 | artist = Philip Jackson | year = {{date and age|2015}} | completion_date = | type = Sculpture | material = Bronze | subject = Mahatma Gandhi | height_metric = 270 | width_metric = | length_metric = | diameter_metric = | height_imperial = | width_imperial = | length_imperial = | diameter_imperial = | dimensions = | dimensions_ref = | metric_unit = cm | imperial_unit = in | city = London, {{postcode|SW|1}} United Kingdom | coordinates = | owner = | url = The statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square, Westminster, London, is a work by the sculptor Philip Jackson. HistoryIn July 2014, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, George Osborne, announced while on a visit to India that a statue of Mahatma Gandhi would be placed in Parliament Square, Westminster. He said that "I hope this new memorial will be a lasting and fitting tribute to his memory in Britain, and a permanent monument to our friendship with India."[1] It was announced at the same time that sculptor Philip Jackson had been asked to create the statue.[1] He had previously created the statue of the Queen Mother, the RAF Bomber Command Memorial,[2] and the statue of Bobby Moore.[1] Planning permission was granted by Westminster City Council later that year in November.[3] Financing for the statue was by public donations and through sponsorships.[1] This was supported by the work of the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust, which was set up by Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai, as well as a special advisory panel created by the Government. This was chaired by Sajid Javid MP, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.[4] By the time that planning permission, £100,000 had been raised by the Trust, but a further £500,000 was needed and they sought to raise that by January 2015 in order to tie in with a planned visit to London by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi of India.[3] The statue was unveiled by the Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 14 March 2015. It was dedicated as a commemoration of the centenary of Gandhi's return to India from South Africa, which is generally regarded as the commencement of his efforts for Indian independence. Speakers at the unveiling of the statue included Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron, the Indian film actor Amitabh Bachchan and Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi.[9] DesignThe statue is {{convert|9|ft|m}} tall, and made from bronze.[5] It is based on a photograph of Gandhi standing outside the offices of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in 1931.[6] The plinth that the statue is mounted on is lower than those on the other statues in Parliament Square, which was a deliberate choice by the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust.[7] It was planned to be the final statue to be placed in Parliament Square.[8] Because of the placement of the statue of Gandhi, developers are expecting to move the placement for a planned statue of former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to outside of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Middlesex Guildhall.[3] On its unveiling, commentators noted the irony of the statue's placement near the statue of Sir Winston Churchill that also stands in Parliament Square. Churchill, who strongly opposed Indian independence, famously once called Gandhi "a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Vice-regal palace".[9] The Telegraph of Kolkata noted that the fact "that Gandhi and Mandela now stand alongside a slew of white men in Parliament Square is proof of how much England itself has moved away from Winston Churchill's views on racism and imperialism."[10] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Gandhi Statue To Stand In Parliament Square|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1297240/gandhi-statue-to-stand-in-parliament-square|accessdate=15 March 2015|publisher=Sky News|date=8 July 2014}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Mahatma Gandhi Statue Unveiled In London|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1444956/mahatma-gandhi-statue-unveiled-in-london|accessdate=15 March 2015|publisher=Sky News|date=14 March 2015}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Hope|first1=Christopher|title=Revealed: The design for the new £600,000 Gandhi statue in London's Parliament Square|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/11214113/Revealed-The-design-for-the-new-600000-Gandhi-statue-in-Londons-Parliament-Square.html|accessdate=15 March 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 November 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.gandhistatue.org/about-us/|publisher=Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust|accessdate=15 March 2015}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Statue of Mahatma Gandhi unveiled in Parliament Square|url=http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-31885895|accessdate=15 March 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=14 March 2015}} 6. ^1 {{citation|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gandhi-joins-churchill-statues-of-old-enemies-sidebyside-in-parliament-square-10108362.html|title=Gandhi statue unveiled in Parliament Square – next to his old enemy Churchill|first=James|last=Dunn|date=14 March 2015|work=The Independent|accessdate=15 March 2015}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Chris|title=New Gandhi statue unveiled in London's Parliament Square|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/14/new-gandhi-statue-unveiled-in-londons-parliament-square|accessdate=15 March 2015|work=The Guardian|date=14 March 2015}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Making history: the Gandhi statue, Parliament Square, London|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/making-history-the-gandhi-statue-parliament-square-london|publisher=Gov.uk|accessdate=15 March 2015}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/14/uk-india-britain-gandhi-idUKKBN0M927Q20150314|title=India's Gandhi gets London statue near nemesis, Churchill|last=Osborn|first=Andrew|publisher=Reuters|date=14 March 2015|accessdate=25 March 2015}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150321/jsp/opinion/story_9863.jsp|title=Statues in a square – Churchill's obsession with Gandhi|work=The Telegraph (Kolkata)|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|date=21 March 2015|accessdate=25 March 2015}} See also
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