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SUMMARY:Visit of Indian Ambassador in Gdansk -25-26 July 2011.
DESCRIPTION: Indian ambassador to Poland Mrs. Monika Kapil Mohta visited Gdansk on 25-26 Aug 2011. During her visit she met with Wojowoda Pomorski and the head of Indo-Polish Cultural Committee Mr. Sunil Ahuja. In the meeting Ambassador discussed about the coopration in the field of Culture and business in Pomorski region and India.
URL:https://ipcc.pl/event/visit-of-indian-ambassador-in-gdansk-25-26-july-2011-2/
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SUMMARY:History of Valivade - Kolhapur Polish settlement camp in India\, 1942 -1948
DESCRIPTION:Below find – the brief history of the Polish refugees in India 1942 – 1948\, in the Valivade – Kolhapur camp introduced by Mr. Andrzej Jan Chendyński\, President of the Association of Poles in India 1942 – 48. \n  \n\n\nOn 15th August 1947 in\nthe Valivade-Kolhapur Polish settlement camp  \n\n Polish Refugees celebrated 1st India Independence Day with the Indian People.\n\n\n\n\nBetween 1940 and 1941 after the Soviet invasion of eastern Poland there were mass deportations of over 1 million Polish people to Siberia and Kazakhstan.   \nThousands of them died in inhumane conditions.\n\n\nIn 1942 an amnesty was negotiated.   \nGeneral Władysław Anders led the Polish Army out of the Soviet Union to Iran and took with him about 40\,000 children\, adolescents and women.\n\n\nThe civilian population was initially billeted in camps in Teheran. They were transferred to Karachi and from there to countries which had agreed to take them.   \nThe first to do so was India in 1942.\n\n\n\nIn July 1943 in Valivade-Kolhapur the biggest settlement camp in India was set up\, with over 5\,000 children\, adolescents and women. Their fathers\, brothers and husbands had been murdered in Katyń\, or were fighting in the War ? including in Italy at Monte Cassino\, where the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment from Kolhapur also fought. \n\n\n\nThe Camp?s organisation and administration was entrusted by the authorities in Delhi to the Poles\, who set up the infrastructure required for such a large community. \n\n  \n\n\nDue to the large number of children\, four primary schools\, a middle school\, a secondary school and a vocational school were set up. There were also courses in tailoring\, cookery\, printing and bookbinding.\n\nThere was scouting ? including interaction with scouts from Kolhapur and Miraj. A church was built. There was a post office\, security\, a fire brigade and a cinema. Local people helped us with everything and we had daily contact with them. \n\n\nThe Valivade Camp had two sections: an orphanage for children and adolescents; and the so-called ?civilian area? where women with children lived independently. \n\n\nResidents bought food from Indian shops and markets. They used the services of local craftsmen: shoemakers\, tailors\, cleaners\, water porters \n\n\nIndian teachers taught English in our schools. Indians helped in the hospital and clinic. Many Indians learnt enough Polish for day-to-day communication and one post office worker spoke it fluently. \n  \n\nIn Valivade the locals made us welcome and called our camp ?Little Poland in India?. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Maharaja Siwadzi V visited the orphanage.   \nThe theatre group gave a performance at his palace in Kolhapur.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter his death in 1946\, scouts were present at the coronation of the new Maharaja Chatrapati. \n\nIn Valivade we found out about passive resistance – Gandhi?s philosophy of liberation which brought India her independence. We joined the Indians in celebrating 15th August 1947: Indian Independence Day. \n\n\n\n\n  \n\nThe Indians hoped that we would be able to return to a free homeland. But Poland lost its eastern territories after the War: the part of Poland where most of us came from. \n\n\n\nWhen the War ended\, the inhabitants of the Camp were dispersed across the world. The last of us left India in 1948. Only about 10% returned to Poland. Many settled in England\, Italy\, America\, Canada\, South Africa and Australia. \n \nThe erection of a monument in Kolhapur was done in 1998 as an expression of our gratitude to India.\n\n\nMr. Andrzej Jan Chendyński \nPresident of the Association of Poles in India 1942 – 48.
URL:https://ipcc.pl/event/history-of-valivade-kolhapur-polish-settlement-camp-in-india-1942-1948/
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