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Politics of statues in India

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin: The proposal to build a 67 feet statue of legendary British comic actor Charlie Chaplin by a filmmaker as a tribute in his film was met with strong opposition by activists of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2009. The activists claimed that the statue of 'Christian' Chaplin "hurt Hindu sentiment."

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's ambitious project of building Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's statue which is tipped to be world's largest statue (twice the size of Statue of Liberty) has the potential of triggering another controversy. Here are ten cases of politics over statues in India.