Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:14pm on 05 Sep 2026,Saturday India Global
The University of Oxford has agreed to repatriate 39 ancestral human remains belonging to the Naga people that were taken during British colonial rule and kept in its collections for decades. The remains are held by Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum, which has around 8,000 Naga objects, including human remains. A Naga delegation is expected to travel to the museum in November to receive the remains. The planned handover is expected to be the largest repatriation of human remains in the museum’s history. Naga representatives have sought their return for years, with formal discussions with the museum beginning in 2020. (PC: Scroll)
