The valuable gold Rolex watch of our first President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, will soon be auctioned at Sothby’s in We all know that antique items have their own value and charm which attracts a lot of art curators and aficionados across the globe. But in this case, more startling is the fact that this watch was reported stolen in 1963 from Dr. Prasad’s Museum in Patna India
What makes the watch extremely valuable is not that it is of Rolex brand or it has a map of Some time back, Mahatma Gandhi’s spectacles were also stolen from Sabarmati Ashram. The Indian government must be ashamed on its inability to preserve memorabilia of people who laid their lives for the country.
Let’s hope and pray that we get this watch back to our country.
Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Sothebys-putting-Dr-Prasads-stolen-watch-under-the-hammer/articleshow/10361541.cms
Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Sothebys-putting-Dr-Prasads-stolen-watch-under-the-hammer/articleshow/10361541.cms
Vijay Mallya bought Tipu Sultan's sword this way only. Indian Govt. could have been more pro-active in saving our National artifacts. Tch.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing
ReplyDeletePretty sad news that these invaluablen items get stolen.Is there no rule in Sotheby's that stolen pieces be debarred on a complaint from being auctioned?
ReplyDeleteThis is a shame. I hope so too.
ReplyDeletethese sort of happenings are really sad and demoralizing as far as nations's pride is concerned....
ReplyDeletejust wish n hope that some sense prevails among the concerned authorities and we get away from facing such things....
And this is India MS.A.S :P
ReplyDeleteIn India everything happens. :)
You are talking about Rolex watch but i'm still wondering whether why Koh-e-noor or Dariya-e-Noor or Peacock Throne or for that matter so many innumerable number of precious things which were legally stolen from our country are still outside our country? Why can't our government do anything? But then on second thoughts my head is filled with questions like...what is government after all? Why are these people behaving like that? Why politicians in India are like that? Why government officials are powerless in everything and why dont they do their duties properly? We need to blame them or we need to blame ourselves?Are they responsible for everything evil happening around or Are we responsible for everything happening around? I think even i'm equally responsible for what is happening around and I'm ashamed of myself. I dont even feel sorry for myself now even on second thoughts.
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It's really a shame that these artifacts are stolen.. and even more shameful that our government is lackadaisical in doing anything about it!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Government should act responsibly in such matters where its a shame to the entire nation to be unable to take care of artifacts of historic importance.
ReplyDeletehii Abhinav
ReplyDeleteyes, what a shame..someone else buys it in auction and returns to the Indian govt.
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hii KP
ReplyDeleteyes, it is sad indeed..M not very sure of Sothby's rules
hii Jyothi
ReplyDeleteyes, thanks a lot
hi Irfanuddin
ReplyDeletethis is the basic problem, authorities are totally devoid even of basic common sense
hii Asif,
ReplyDeleteyes I know this is not the first such case but here what m cribbing abt id inefficiency and shamelessness of Indian govt.
yes, it (shit) happens only in India!
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ReplyDeletethanks a lot!
hii Shrikant
ReplyDeletegovt is as useless as ever
hii mOhan
ReplyDeletethis is the basic problem, what to do but
All things that disappear from our museums are with the "help" of the authorities for which they are "suitable compensated"
ReplyDeletehii Haddock
ReplyDeleteyes, sad but very true
it hurts.. to read the shit attitude of indian govt
ReplyDeletehii Sankoobaba
ReplyDeleteyes, sadly
i didnt even know such thing is happening there....
ReplyDelete(and one thing that i dont understand is what happens if the watch is brought over here!!)
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it's a pity!
ReplyDeletehii Sujata
ReplyDeleteyes, it is definitely a big shame
What I wonder about these antiques is, how to they fetch so much money? I mean, the only reason why people might want to buy is, they might want to boast about it to their friends circle. I wonder if they buy it as an investment so that they can resell it later, after some years? Whatever the reason, people paying so much money to acquire such objects doesn't make much sense to me. These things might be more useful to a museum.
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ReplyDeletethese have emotional value for the family of that person