India, Feb. 22 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that a statue of British architect Edwin Lutyens at Rashtrapati Bhavan will be replaced with that of C Rajagopalachari, the first Indian governor-general of independent India.

The announcement was made by PM Modi during his monthly radio address, 'Mann ki Baat.' He noted that the statues of British administrators remain in Rashtrapati Bhavan even after India's independence, while those of India's great leaders "were not duly honoured" with a place there.

Stressing that the country is moving away from the "symbols of colonialism" and "beginning to embrace symbols of Indian culture", the PM said that the statue will be replaced with a statue of C Rajagopalachari.

"A statu...