UK imposes export bar on Tipu's rare gun
Synopsis
The 14-bore gun, dated between 1793 and 1794, was designed for shooting game (birds) and is signed by maker Asad Khan Muhammed.
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A rare 18th century decorated gun made in India for Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, and valued at around GBP 2 million, has been barred from export to allow time for a UK-based institution to acquire it for the public study of a "fraught period" in the India-UK history. UK arts and heritage minister Lord Stephen Parkinson took the decision last week to impose the export ban on 'Flintlock Sporting Gun'.
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The 14-bore gun, dated between 1793 and 1794, was designed for shooting game (birds) and is signed by maker Asad Khan Muhammed. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)