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In pictures: Glasgow to return historic artefacts to India

Repatriation agreement will see items taken from India in the 19th century returned to the country.

In pictures: Glasgow museums to return historic artefacts to India — The agreement was announced on Friday. STV News

Chloe Adams

19th Aug 2022

Artefacts taken from India in the 19th century will be returned from the Glasgow museum collection where they had been kept, following a repatriation agreement.

The items to be repatriated include a ceremonial Indo-Persian tulwar, a 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.

Glasgow Life, the organisation which manages the city’s museum collections, on Friday welcomed dignitaries from the High Commission of India for a ceremony where they transferred ownership of the artefacts.

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