Neha Dahiya / New Delhi, India Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s 153-rd birth anniversary is celebrated on October 2 as international non-violence day in consonance with United Nation’s resolution of 2007. On this day, CIHS team has compiled ten major instances where Mahatma Gandhi’s statues have been defaced, mutilated or pulled down by terror groups owing allegiance to Khalistan, Pakistan or Islamic State. In most incidents, desecration of Mahatma Gandhi statue, Khalistan separatists were involved. They have spray-painted words like Khalistan, Racist, Rapist, never forget 84, and other divisive phrases. In one incident, separatists draped the Khalistan flag over the statue. 1. Richmond Hill, Canada| July 13, 2022 A five-meter-tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi was defaced at Vishnu Mandir in the area of Yonge Street and Garden Avenue. Statue was vandalized at around 12:30 pm and graphic words such as Rapist and Khalistan Zindabad were spray painted on the Plinth. The chairman of the temple shared that the statue has been here for the past 30 years but poignant acts like this have never happened before. The High Commission of India in Ottawa condemned the incident on a tweet that reads, “We are deeply anguished by this hate crime that seeks to terrorize the Indian community. It has led to increased concern and insecurity in the Indian community here. We have approached the Canadian government to investigate and ensure perpetrators are brought to justice swiftly”. Constable Amy Boudreau, the spokesperson for York Regional Police said that the crime will be investigated as a hate bias-motivated incident. Prior to this incident, many a time Mahatma Gandhi statue was defaced, ripped or vandalised by motivated elements involved in Khalistan movement. [1] 2. New York, United States of America | February 04, 2022 An eight-feet-high bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was defaced by miscreants in Manhattan’s Union Square. The statue was donated by the Gandhi Memorial International foundation on October 02, 1986, to mark the 117th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Consulate General condemned the act as despicable, the matter has been taken up by the local authorities.[2] Utsav Chakrabarti, executive director of the HinduPACT said that this is not the first time that a statue of Gandhi has been vandalised in the US. “In the past few years, statues of Mahatma Gandhi have been vandalised by groups aligned with radical Islamists and their sympathisers in South Asian communities.[3] Statue of Mahatma was removed from the University campus in Accra amid students and staff protest, they claimed that Mahatma Gandhi insulted Black Africans and was a Racist. Plinth stating Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), The Mahatma (Great soul) was also removed.[4] The statue was gifted to the University of Ghana by Indian Embassy on June 13, 2016, unveiled by former president Pranab Mukherjee during his visit to Ghana and its national university. After the Installation of Statue, online protests with #GandhiMustFall and #GandhiForComeDown sparked in many universities demanding removal of statue. A six feet tall, 294 kg (650-pound) statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalized and ripped from the base by miscreants in central park of City of Davis in northern California. The statue was found by park employee with sawed off ankles and half face mutilated and missing. The statue was donated by the Indian government to the city of Davis in 2017 and was installed amidst protest from Anti-India organisations. These protests were led by the Organization for Minorities in India (OFMI) and other Khalistani separatists, which opposed the statue’s installation. However, the installation had already been approved by the City of Davis. Since that time, OFMI has been campaigning to take down Mahatma Gandhi statue.  Guarang Desai of Friends of India Society International said, “An atmosphere of hatred was created by these Anti-India organisations for years and not only they have run hate campaigns against Indian icons but were also at forefront to push Hinduphobia and erase India from California school sixth and seventh-grade textbooks”[5].  California Sikh Youth Alliance shared images of the torn statue on Twitter, another user with username KHALISTAN1984 writes “TODAY IS A GOOD DAY” On the same day the statue was ripped in Davis, Khalistani separatists in India stormed to Red Fort violently breaking down barricades and injuring over 300 Indian police officers. The statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised by members of Khalistani separatists at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Plaza in front of Indian Embassy at Washington DC. Separatist Protestors draped Khalistani Yellow Flag on the statue and flashed banners and placards. They also pasted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi effigy on the statue. Hundreds of Separatists carried out a Car rally in Greater Washington DC area, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina in support of Khalistanis in India protesting against Indian agriculture laws. The Khalistani protestors in Washington DC brandished Kirpans and raised Anti-India slogans in front of the Indian embassy. They said they are representing the Republic of Khalistan. The Indian Embassy condemned the reckless act by hooligans masked as demonstrators.[6] The statue was unveiled by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on September 16, 2000, in the presence of former US president Bill Clinton. A-life sized bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalised by un-known people in Melbourne. The Victorian police said that a power drill tool is used to decapitate the statue. The statue was vandalised hours after it was unveiled by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison alongwith Consultant General of India Raj Kumar at the Australian Indian Community Centre in the Melbourne suburb of Rowville. The statue was donated by the government of India as a part of celebration of 75 years of India’s Independence. Scott Morrison said that the vandalism of the statue was very disgraceful and disappointing. During the Black Lives Matter protest, people spray painted ‘Racist’ on the Mahatma Gandhi statue plinth in Parliament Square, London. Demonstrators taped placards with anti-racism messages on the statue. Statue of former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill was also spray-painted ‘Racist’. The statue was installed in 2015 and is one