Erection date: 13/6/1953
Tavistock Square Gardens
This copper beech tree was presented by Pandit Nehru on his visit to these gardens on 13th June 1953 in connection with the donation by the St. Pancras Borough Council of a site for the erection of a statue to Mahatma Gandhi.
This plaque was recommissioned and unveiled by H.E. Dr. L.M. Singhvi, High Commissioner for India on 30th January 1997.
WC1, Tavistock Square Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pandit Nehru tree
Indian politician, instrumental in India's independence. Born as Mohandas Kar...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Pandit Nehru tree
First Prime Minister of independent India. Born Allahabad, India. Father of M...
High Commissioner for India in the UK, 1991-7: after V. K. Krishna Menon, he ...
April 2025: We thank Peter Bottomley for letting us know about this plaque. It is erected immediately to the right of the one for David Gay.
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