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Ninian Wilson

Glasgow museum becomes first in UK to repatriate items to India

The 14th century ceremonial tulwar

GLASGOW'S Kelvingrove Art Gallery has become the first UK museum to repatriate artefacts to India, hosting a ceremony for seven items stolen in the 19th century to be sent back.

The repatriated items included a ceremonial Indo-Persian tulwar, a kind of sword, which is believed to date back to the 14th century and an 11th century carved stone door jamb taken from a Hindu temple in Kanpur.

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