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Repatriation of antiquities highest in past 10 yrs, says PM

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September 13, 2025

HIGHLIGHTING that the repatriation of antiquities has been the highest in the past 10 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the countries are returning stolen cultural objects because they recognise that India can do justice to them.

- PARVEZ SULTAN @ New Delhi

Repatriation of antiquities highest in past 10 yrs, says PM

He said that repatriations are not driven by sentiment or sympathy but by confidence that India would preserve and elevate their cultural value with dignity. "India has earned the trust of the world.

Today, nations view India as the right place to safeguard and honour cultural heritage. Earlier, only a few stolen Indian idols were returned. But now, hundreds of them are being repatriated... India has become a trusted custodian of heritage in the eyes of the world," said Modi.

He was speaking at an international conference titled 'Reclaiming India's Knowledge Legacy through Manuscript Heritage' on India's manuscript heritage on its second day in Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan.

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