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Antique idols taken from Tamil Nadu temples to return home from Australia

Rukma Rathore -
Minister of Culture called the repatriation "a profound testament to the civilisational resonance anchoring modern diplomacy."
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PM Modi visit: Netherlands returns 11th-century Anaimangalam copper plates to India following years of repatriation efforts

OpIndia Staff -
The copper plates were acquired by Dutch missionary Florentius Camper around 1700 when the Dutch East India Company controlled Nagapattinam.
Culture and History

US returns 657 artefacts worth $14 million to India, probe exposes large-scale international trafficking networks

OpIndia Staff -
The artefacts include a bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara, valued at about $2 million, a red sandstone Buddha statue, and a sandstone statue of a dancing Ganesha.
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in USA agrees to return 3 ancient bronze figures, which were stolen from India: Read details

Aditi -
The theft of ancient Indian artefacts, including ancient sculptures, temple idols, coins, paintings, has been a long-standing and complex problem.
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US returns 297 artefacts stolen from India, Modi govt recovers 640 antiquities in last 10 years as part of cultural preservation

OpIndia Staff -
The United States has returned a whopping 578 cultural artefacts to India in the past 8 years (10 in 2016, 157 in 2021, 105 in 2023).
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USA to return 1,414 ancient Murtis and artifacts, including Met Museum displays which were illegally taken from India, largest restitution so far

OpIndia Staff -
The US authorities have said that the 1,414 objects from different sources seem to be of "Indian provenance".
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‘Will begin with cooperation in manuscripts’: Govt on reports of launching a diplomatic campaign to reclaim Koh-i-Noor and other treasures from Britain

OpIndia Staff -
It claimed that New Delhi’s campaign would be “the largest repatriation claim faced by the UK, on a scale that would dwarf Greece’s demands for the Elgin Marbles”
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British archive reveals enormous loot of precious Indian resources during colonialism: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Queen Elizabeth II was spotted handling the 'Timur Ruby' in a 1969 BBC documentary 'Royal Family.'
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PM Narendra Modi to bring back 157 artefacts and antiquities returned by the United States

OpIndia Staff -
157 artefacts and antiquities were handed over by the United States administration to Prime Minister Modi during his US visit
Government and Policy

41 stolen artefacts returned during 7 years of PM Modi regime, Congress brought less than 10 pcs: Culture Minister

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Minister of Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy on Thursday informed that since the time the Modi government came to power in 2014
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