India launches repatriation campaign

The focus of the campaign is on the process of retrieval of antiquities through bilateral cooperation and partnership, in a manner consistent with existing international arrangements. Great Britain has the most extensive collections.

Among the collections is not the Kohinoor, as was written by The Daily Telegraph. But the diamond was never mentioned by the official quoted in the reports.

Buckingham Palace has averted an international row by declaring that theĀ Queen’s coronation crown will not incorporate the now notorious Kohinoor diamond.

In 2022, Glasgow Life – a charitable organisation which runs the Scottish city’s museums – signed an agreement with the Indian government to repatriate seven stolen artefacts to India.

Most of these objects were removed from temples and shrines in different states in northern India during the 19th century, while one was purchased following a theft from the owner.

All seven artefacts were gifted to Glasgow’s collections.