NRI entrepreneur donates 100,000 pounds for Gandhi statue in London

November 20, 2014 21:45

An Indian-origin entrepreneur and social activist has taken the lead by donating the biggest sum of money yet for the proposed statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Parliament Square in London.

Rami Ranger, director of Sun Mark Limited, has contributed 100,000 pounds to the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust, which is coordinating the public fundraising process for the sculpture expected to be inaugurated here by early next year.

"The world owes Gandhiji a huge debt of gratitude for liberating one fifth of mankind through non-violence there by creating a better world," said Ranger, whose business interests range from shipping to beverage manufacturing to property development.

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