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The midnight rescue of Karachi's Mahatma Gandhi

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What happened

As communal riots raged in 1948, a young Parsi and his friends secretly spirited away a life-size bronze Gandhi statue.

Former Indian diplomat G Parthasarathy recounts how one of Pakistan's only two Bapu statues survived.

Key facts

  • As communal riots raged in 1948, a young Parsi and his friends secretly spirited away a life-size bronze Gandhi statue.
  • Reported by Times of India and published Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:48:14 UTC.

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