India gives Nebraska Gandhi bust for display in Capitol

December 7, 2024 12:19 am

Joseph McCarty,

Gov. Jim Pillen with the bust of Mahatma Gandhi in the Nebraska State Capitol.

Courtesy: Consulate General of India Seattle
Gov. Jim Pillen with a proclamation declaring Dec. 6 to be “A Day of Remembrance for Mahatma Gandhi” in Nebraska.

Courtesy: Consulate General of India Seattle

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A bust of Mahatma Gandhi is now on permanent display in the Nebraska State Capitol.

Gov. Jim Pillen unveiled the bust on Friday.

It is a gift from the Indian Consulate in Seattle, a new office whose jurisdiction includes Nebraska.

The bust is in the Governor’s Hearing Room of the Capitol.

Pillen also signed a proclamation declaring Friday to be “A Day of Remembrance for Mahatma Gandhi” in Nebraska.

Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly, former Sen. Ben Nelson, former Husker coach Tom Osborne and Consul General Prakash Gupta.

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