The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Kolhapur Memorial in Warsaw, Poland. Shri Modi said that this Memorial is a tribute to the great Royal Family of Kolhapur.
- The memorial is dedicated to the generosity of princely state of Kolhapur offered to the polish people during the second World War.
- The camp established at Valivade, Kolhapur, provided shelter to Polish people during the war.
- This settlement housed approximately 5,000 Polish refugees, including women and children.
- The Prime Minister also said that inspired by the ideals of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the great Royal Family of Kolhapur put humanity above everything else and ensured a life of dignity for the Polish women and children.
