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Sengol | Evidence thin on government’s claims about the sceptre
“None of the evidence presented said the sceptre was first symbolically given to Mountbatten and taken back before being presented to Nehru, symbolising the transfer” Photo: Videograb from sengol1947ignca.in
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Sengol | Evidence thin on government’s claims about the sceptre
The ‘Sengol’, a historic sceptre from Tamil Nadu, will be installed in the new Parliament building..
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‘Sengol’ to be installed in the new parliament: Significance of the sceptre, first given to Nehru
What is Sengol, to be installed in the new parliament
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Sengol | Evidence thin on government’s claims about the sceptre
A photo feature on Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam’s presentation of the Sengol to the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, published in The Hindu on August 29, 1947