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Recently, the exquisite 19th century stolen painting of Maharaja Serfoji II has been traced to a US museum.
About Painting
- The painting has Raja Serfoji and his youthful son
- It was probably painted between 1822 and 1827
- Kept in the Saraswathi Mahal.
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Maharaja Serfoji II
- Serfoji was the last of the Bhonsle Rajas of Thanjavur.
- He died in 1832.
- His only son Shivaji ruled until 1855.
- Thanjavur became a casualty of Lord Dalhousie’s infamous ‘Doctrine of Lapse’.
Saraswathi Mahal Library
- In 1918, it was opened to the public at Thanjavur.
- The library even today boasts of over 40,000 rare manuscripts and paintings.
Doctrine of Lapse.
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Source: IE
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