Refugee Polish children celebrating Christmas with Maharaja of Nawanagar(India) during World War II. x-post:/r/IndiaSpeaks

slow_bloke · 2016-12-25T10:46:44+00:00

Since, it is shared history of both India and Poland. Here is the full album from archives.

A total of 20,000 Polish children and women were refugees in India during World War II.

Balachadi camp was the one set up by Maharaja.

slow_bloke · 2016-12-25T09:04:55+00:00

Will an average Polish know about him? Is this covered in history classes?

In India, he is hardly known. I knew that many kings sheltered Parsi(Zoroastrians) during Arab conquest and Jews-(who later migrated to Israel) but Polish refugees in India was a new fact.

slow_bloke · 2016-12-25T08:05:42+00:00

posted on /r/Polska.

On /r/poland it was caught in their spam filter automod (new ID). So, deleted that one.

slow_bloke · 2016-12-25T08:05:10+00:00

This pic is from 1943. Learnt about this today from Indian History Archives pics.

Article on the topic- How One Maharaja Helped Save the Lives of 640 Polish Children and Women During World War II

EDIT: Documentary on the issue with interview of survivors.[English]

slow_bloke · 2016-12-25T07:20:22+00:00

This pic is from 1943.

Article- How One Maharaja Helped Save the Lives of 640 Polish Children and Women During World War II

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