British Foreign Secretary William Hague announces a plan to erect a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the iconic freedom leader who led India's non-violent independence movement against the English colonial rule, at London's Parliament square. Full Story: British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced a plan to erect a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the iconic freedom leader who led India's non-violent independence movement against the English colonial rule, at London's Parliament square. Hague told reporters on Tuesday about the plan during his visit to Gandhi memorial in New Delhi. Hague said the monument will be Britain's fitting tribute to Gandhi and his ideals of peace and non violence. "We also want to announce today that British government has decided that we will have next year a statue of Gandhi in Parliament square. This perhaps is the finest place, is the most important place that we can put a statue of anyone and I think the lessons from Gandhi of peace between communities of... ( More) | 
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