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A scouting cross (no. 332), property of Wiesław Stypuła, Balachadi settlement
1942/1946
Polish History Museum
Warszawa, Poland
The settlement at Balachadi, was provided for the Polish orphans rescued from USSR. It was built in 1942 near Jamnagar, in a location offered by Maharaja Digvijaysinhji in the duchy of Nawanagar, which was under his rule. Through 1942, approximately 650 children (aged 2 to 15) arrived in the settlement.
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- Title: A scouting cross (no. 332), property of Wiesław Stypuła, Balachadi settlement
- Date: 1942/1946
- Location: Balachadi
- Contributor: The Polish History Museum in Warsaw | fot. Wojciech Paduch
- Original Source: Wiesław Stypuła collection
- Credit: Wiesław Stypuła
- Collection: World War II. Poles in India
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