Seventy-five years ago the renowned apostle of nonviolence Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. His statue lives at the University of North Florida.
Seventy-five years ago on Jan. 30, 1948, perhaps the world’s most renowned apostle of peace and nonviolence was stripped of his life at 78 years old.
Mahatma Gandhi, who championed for India’s independence from British rule, was shot by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse while on his way to a prayer gathering in New Delhi. Godse tried to shoot himself but was immediately seized by the crowd. He was tried for murder and executed the following year.Gandhi’s legacy extends all the way to Jacksonville where the University of North Florida became the first college in the country and first place in Florida to erect a statue in his honor in 2006.
Created in India by artist Jasu Shilpi and donated by the Gandhi Memorial Society of Jacksonville, the bronze statue is about 8 feet tall and 1,500 pounds. It stands in the Peace Plaza between Founders Hall and J.J. Daniel Hall, adjacent to aIt depicts a lifelike, bespectacled Gandhi walking with a long stick and the base engraved with four principles he stood for: nonviolence, peace, compassion and truth.
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