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Topic: antiquities

The afterlife of stolen antiquities when they are returned to India

Of 640 antiquities returned to India since 2014, only about a dozen are back in their place of origin.

During Modi’s visit, US returns 297 antiquities stolen or trafficked from India, some date to 2000 BCE

Antiquities are mix of ones returned by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, and some confiscated by US authorities from NY attorney general’s office. Most are from eastern India.

Push for Kohinoor return, dedicated squads — House panel’s ideas to recover India’s lost antiquities

The report, tabled in both houses of Parliament Monday, highlights challenges in documentation, identification, safeguarding and repatriation of antiquities & lost cultural wealth.

Draft antiquities bill triggers jubilation and alarm

Bill seeks to do away with requirement of a licence for selling antiques; some ASI officials claim government buckled under pressure from art dealers

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