A digital interactive exhibition celebrating the life and achievements of India’s Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi will travel to Melbourne in 2018.
The exhibition will be showcased at Victoria’s Immigration Museum from April to July 2018.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews who is on his first official trip to India toured the Mahatma Gandhi Exhibition in Delhi on Wednesday.
“Mahatma Gandhi was an inspirational leader and I’m thrilled that Victorians will be able to enjoy this incredible exhibition at the Immigration Museum,” Premier Andrews said.
The Mahatma Gandhi Exhibition is currently on display at the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in Delhi, where it was launched in October 2016 by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
It celebrates the success of the Indian diaspora internationally, recognising that Gandhi was a member of the diaspora who migrated from India to England and then to South Africa before returning to India.
The exhibition is curated from more than 1,000 archival photographs, 130 minutes of footage, 60 minutes of film clips and 20 voice recordings of Gandhi’s speeches.
The period of Gandhi’s life in which he migrated from India to England and then South Africa as well as the change he helped bring about in India on his return are featured, with his identity as a successful member of the Indian diaspora central to the exhibition.
This is one of many community and cultural events planned by the state government following the recent release of the new Victoria’s India Strategy: Our Shared Future.
Victoria, which is home to largest number of people with Indian heritage in Australia expects large amount of visitors from abroad and interstate will come to see the Gandhi Exhibition.
“Showing the Mahatma Gandhi Exhibition in Victoria will help celebrate Indian culture in our state, and will bring visitors from interstate and overseas alike to our great city,” Premier Andrews said.
Premier Andrews also met India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Raisina Dailogue in New Delhi, India.
