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How Modi’s memorial visits put focus on poignant slice of Indo-Polish history

ByNadeem Inamdar
Aug 23, 2024 05:00 AM IST

After the Soviet attacks in 1939, about 6,000 women and children came to India, where they went to Kolhapur and Jamnagar

On Wednesday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid wreaths at the two memorials dedicated to the princely states of Kolhapur and Nawanagar in Warsaw, he put the spotlight on a unique chapter in Indo-Polish history.

Refugees at the Valivade camp in Kolhapur after arriving from Poland. (Maharashtra govt archive)
Refugees at the Valivade camp in Kolhapur after arriving from Poland. (Maharashtra govt archive)
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