Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at Tavistock Square in London was vandalised on Monday (September 29), just days before the annual Gandhi Jayanti celebrations scheduled at the site on October 2.

The High Commission of India strongly condemned the act, describing it as a "shameful incident" and an attack on Gandhi’s legacy of non-violence.

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In a post on X, the Indian mission said that the desecration had been reported to local authorities, while its officials were already on site to oversee efforts to restore the monument.

The plinth of the statue, which portrays Gandhi in a seated meditative posture, had been defaced with anti-India graffiti.

"The High Commission of India in London

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