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===Across the world===

[[Image:PMBGandhistatue.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The centennial commemorative statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the center of downtown [[Pietermaritzburg]], [[South Africa]].]]

In the United Kingdom, there are twoseveral prominent statues of Gandhi, most notably in [[Tavistock Square]], [[London]] (near [[University College London]]), where he studied law.

January 30 is commemorated in the [[United Kingdom]] as National Gandhi Remembrance Day. In the [[United States]], there are statues of Gandhi outside the [[Ferry Building]] in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[Union Square (New York City)|Union Square]] Park in [[New York City]], the [[Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] and near the Indian Embassy in the [[Dupont Circle]] neighbourhood of [[Washington, DC]]. The city of [[Pietermaritzburg]], [[South Africa]], where Gandhi was ejected in 1893 from a secondfirst-class train, now hosts a commemorative statue. The Government of India donated a statue to the city of [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]], to signify their support for the future Canadian Museum for Human Rights. There are wax statues of Gandhi at the [[Madame Tussauds|Madame Tussaud's]] wax museums in [[New York City|New York]] and [[London]], and other cities around the world, including [[Moscow]], [[Paris]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Barcelona]], [[Lisbon]], [[Canberra]], [[Santiago de Chile]] and [[San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago|San Fernando]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]].

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