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344 antiquities returned to India since 2014: Govt tells Parliament
05/02/2024 08:49 PM | Click to read full article
Union Minister of Culture G Kishan Reddy said only one antiquity had been returned to India during 2004-13 and 115 antiquities were returned in 2023. On a query regarding smuggled antiquities, he replied that 314 antiquities have been repatriated during the last five years. In the last five years, 262 such items were repatriated from the US, 15 from the UK, 35 antiquities were returned from Australia and one from Italy.