India, though not sovereign at the time and not at all prosperous, became the first country in the world to accept and offer war-duration at her own cost to the hapless Polish population rendered homeless and subsequently stateless.
Anuradha Bhattacharjee, scholar at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, authour of The Second Homeland.
If we are alive or survive, then we will meet again.
Message to their families from the women &
the captain of the
Polish refugee ship.
When Hitler invaded Poland, 500 Polish women & 200 children left Poland by sea. The ship's captain had to take them to any country which would shelter them.
Safe harbour callously denied at European ports, Seychelles Aden, Iranian ports & by the British Governor of Bombay, the Maharaja of Jamnagar, Jham Sahab Digvijay Singh, not only sheltered 500 Polish women, but also freely educated Polish children in an Army School, in Balachiri, Jamnagar for 9 years .i.e. till the end of World War II. To the Poles, Jam Sahib was their Bapu.
Lieutenant-General H H Maharaja Jam Saheb
Sri Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja GCSI GCIE
18 Sep 1895 – 3 Feb 1966
Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, 1933 to 1948
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