Gandhinagar: Indian embassy in Poland kicked off Amrit Mahotsav celebrations to mark 75 years of India’s freedom. Ambassador of India in Poland, Nagma Mallick with Jacek Sutryk, Mayor Wroclaw inaugurated the India at 75 Tram-‘Dobry Maharaja’ (Dobry means good in Polish language and Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja is popularly called Dobry Maharaja in Poland) at Wroclaw, named after the Maharajas of Jamnagar and Kolhapur who gave refuge during World War 2 to over 6000 Polish people.

During the second world war, Maharaja (ruler) of Nawanagar (Jamnagar) Shri Digvijaysinhji had given shelter to 6,000 refugees. Maharaja had provided asylum to nearly 1,000 war orphans and women at his Balachadi Palace in his princely state then. There’s a school named after Maharaja Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji in Warsaw in Poland. DeshGujarat

India in Poland begins #AmritMahotsav celebrations! Amb Nagma Mallick with @SutrykJacek , Mayor Wroclaw inaugurated the #IndiaAt75 Tram-‘Dobry Maharaja’ named after the Maharajas of Jamnagar & Kolhapur who gave refuge during WW2 to over 6000 Polish, Wrocław, 31 May. #AKAM pic.twitter.com/YKGxa062pk

— India in Poland and Lithuania (@IndiainPoland) June 1, 2022

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