List of Memorials of Famous Leaders of India and the World

India made its history in the construction of memorials and statues, which helps in recognizing and preserving political memories. These act as reminders of important historical events or people, and they aid in retaining the past alive.

List of memorials of Indian leaders:

Name of the Indian Leader	MemorialNames	Position Hold	Location
Mahatma Gandhi	Raj Ghat	Father of the Nation	Delhi
B.R. Ambedkar	Chaitya Bhoomi	Political leader and Philosopher	Dadar(Maharashtra)
P. V. Narasimha Rao	P.V. Ghat	9th Prime Minister of India	Delhi
K.R. Narayanan	Ekta Sthal (Karma Bhoomi)	10th President of India	Delhi
Chandra Shekhar	Jannayak Sthal	Prime Minister of India	Delhi
Indira Gandhi	Shakti Sthal	3rd Prime Minister of India	Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru	Shantivan	1st Prime Minister of India	Delhi
Rajiv Gandhi	Veer Bhumi	6th Prime Minister of India	Delhi
Shankar Dayal Sharma	Karma Bhumi	9th President of India	Delhi
Choudhary Charan Singh	Kisan Ghat	5th Prime Minister of India	Delhi
Gulzarilal Nanda	Narayan Ghat	Acting Prime Minister of India	Ahmedabad(Gujarat)
Krishna Kant	Nigambhoot Ghat	Vice President of India	Delhi
Morarji Desai	Abhay Ghat	4th Prime Minister of India	Ahmedabad(Gujarat)
Dr. Rajendra Prasad	Mahaprayan Ghat	1st President of India	Patna(Bihar)
Lal Bahadur Shastri	Vijay Ghat	2nd Prime Minister of India	Delhi
Devi Lal	Sangharsh Sthal	Deputy Prime Minister of India	Delhi
I. K. Gujral	Smiriti Sthal	12th Prime Minister of India	Delhi
Giani Zail Singh	Ekta Sthal	7th President of India	Delhi
Jag Jivan Ram	Samta Sthal	Deputy Prime Minister of India	Delhi

List of the memorials of leaders of the world:

Funeral Name	Date	Place
Funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln	April 19 to May 3, 1865	Eastern and Midwest United State
State funeral of Victor Marie Hugo	June 1, 1885	Paris
State funeral of Ulysses S. Grant	August 6 to 8, 1885	New York City, New York, United States
Funeral of Wilhelm I	March 12 to 16, 1888	Berlin
Two state funerals of Kalākaua	January 22, 1891	San Francisco
Funerals of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht	June 13, 1919	near Berlin
Funeral of Michael Collins	27 August 1922,	Dublin
Funeral of Engelbert Dollfuss	July 30, 1934	Vienna
Funeral of Paul von Hindenburg	August 6 to 7, 1934	Tannenberg Memorial
Commemoration of Nelson Mandela	December 10 to 15, 2013	Johannesburg, Pretoria

Significance of memorials and statues of Indian as well as world-famous leaders

1. Political symbols play a vital role in understanding the way how a nation is depicted and fed into the imagination of its citizens.
2. While many of the statues and memorials serve to create an impression on public memory, there are still some structures that transform to wide spaces of empowerment, specifically concerning the underprivileged.
3. The chief minister builds several memorials and parks as a tribute to Dalit icons such as B.R. Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram and hosts the statues of other leaders including those from upper castes as well.
4. Statues such as the Ambedkar statues and the statues in Uttar Pradesh reflect the meaning of poverty and illiteracy where they are in operation.
5. Such symbolic means represent political implications, promoting ideals of citizenship and profound nationhood among the politically destitute where the state partially fails.
6. The Ambedkar statue stands out to be one of the significant features of the Dalit movement in the country today.

Summary

Memorials and statues of great Indian, as well as world leaders, play a significant role in the political enhancement of any country. It shows the significance of the leaders’ actions and their movements which they did when they were alive. So it also shows their importance in a significant way.

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