On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and the International Day of Non-Violence, the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Tavistock Square in central London, which was vandalised earlier this week, has been fully restored. Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami, paid tribute to the statue on Thursday, saying, “It is particularly timely that we have this event today, not just because it is the International Day of Non-Violence and Gandhi Jayanti, but also because of what was done to the statue and its base a few days ago.” He added that the statue has stood for over 50 years as part of the architecture and fabric of India-UK friendship. Doraiswami thanked the local community and the High Commission for restoring it to a brilliant, gleaming white, conveying the message of cleanliness a

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