Overview
- Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said an MoU with the British Museum is likely to be signed on Sunday after a meeting in London.
- Assam plans to exhibit the textile in 2027 under a borrowing arrangement, marking the first display in the state in over a century.
- JSW facilitated contact with the British Museum and will build an international-standard museum on state-allotted land in Khanapara that remains government-owned.
- The Indian High Commissioner in the UK is engaged in the process, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being kept updated, according to Sarma.
- The Vrindavani Vastra, created under Srimanta Sankardev and now dispersed across museums in London, Paris, Boston and Los Angeles, includes a major piece acquired by the British Museum in 1904, with a previously discussed 18-month loan contingent on meeting environmental standards.