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Mohandas K. Gandhi was honored with the words, "My optimism rests on my belief in the infinite possibilities of the individual to develop nonviolence in a gentle way you can shake the world." A statue was presented to the City of New York and the citizens of the United States of America by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation, with patron Mohan B. Murjani and contributions from Murjani International, Ltd., Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Air India, Chandi Brothers, Inc., Praveen Afridi, Ram M. Bagai, Sants, Chatwal Dev R. Chitkara, Suresh C. Gupta, Narendra K. Hadpawat, Kamlu and Sham Lall, Perry Levine, Suresh P. Master, Krishna K. Mehta, Pravin Pandhi, Harshad Parekh, Ashok Patel, R.K. Patel, Zlatko Paunov Govindappa Rangaiah, H.K. Chandra Sekhar, Shamarao and Laxmi Tatti, Don Sheldon, Kothari and Gandhi Family, and an anonymous donor. It was dedicated on October 2, 1986, during the mayoralty of Edward I. Koch and the parks commissionership of Henry J. Stern.
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