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Journo Gautam Sen's New Book Highlights On India's Automobile History
Journalist-cum-automotive design consultant Gautam Sen’s new book chronicles the emergence of automobile industry dating to pre-independence. Titled as "The Automobile," it talks about India’s growing obsession over cars. It showcases intriguing facts from the colonial era about the first person who owned a car to modifications made by the elite/ royal families to their personal cars.… read-more
Tags: Cars, History, new book, Colonial past, Gautam Sen, The Automobile
Courtesy: The Hindu
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Netherlands To Return Colonial Stolen Artifacts To Former Colonies
The Netherlands is eyeing to return all the precious historical artefacts present in its state museums and art galleries that were taken from its former colonies. Aimed at shedding light on the injustice done in the colonial past, the government has issued new guidelines to expedite the requests. Besides, the Netherlands National Museum of World Cultures will identify such treasures through a $5.5 million project. Earlier, the country… read-more
Tags: Netherlands, Europe, Indonesia, Colonial past, Dutch colony
Courtesy: The Print
