The 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi will be celebrated as is customary each year, at 11.00 am at Tavistock Square, Central London. The Mahatma Gandhi statue was installed, for the first time in history in the most prominent place of a major western country, 50 years ago at Tavistock by devoted efforts of the India League with support from the Camden Borough Council which provided land in perpetuity, and the Indian High Commission in London which provided valuable service in maintenance of the iconic statue and helping in organising Gandhi Jayanti (Gandhi's Birthday) which is observed as the International Day of Non-violence, and Martyr's Day.
Mahatma Gandhi Foundation UK, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and other organisations will participate along with the Indian High Commissioner, Mayor of Camden, Chairman of the India League, and other dignitaries and a large number of Gandhi devotees. A Gandhi Peace March has been organised this year by Indian communities, after the function, from Tavistock Square to Gandhi's statue in Westminster Square.
