The India-Poland Joint Statement of October 22 recalled India's wartime shelter to Polish women and children, a story tied to the Maharaja of Nawanagar remembered in Warsaw as the "Good Maharaja".

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• The India-Poland Joint Statement of October 22, 2026 recalled India's shelter to thousands of Polish women and children during the Second World War.
• The statement referred to the memorial to the "Good Maharaja" Jam Saheb in Warsaw.
• Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja was the ruler of Nawanagar, now Jamnagar in Gujarat.
• He gave refuge to Polish children who had escaped the war that followed Germany's invasion of Poland.
• A camp for the Polish arrivals was set up at Balachadi, about 25 km from Jamnagar.
• In 1945 the children were moved from the Balachadi camp to Valivade in Kolhapur.
• A square in Warsaw was named "Good Maharaja Square" in 2014.
• Prime Minister Modi paid homage at the Jam Saheb memorial in Warsaw during his August 2024 visit, when India and Poland raised ties to a Strategic Partnership.
• The Jam Saheb episode is still recalled in Poland, where he is remembered as the "Dobry Maharaja", or Good Maharaja.

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