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PHOTOS: Sunken British ship with HUGE Indian treasure found

PHOTOS: Sunken British ship with HUGE Indian treasure found

Rediff.com28 Sep 2011

A British merchant ship, which set sail from Calcutta (Kolkata) in December 1940 but was sunk by a German U-boat before she could reach home with her cargo of 70 lakh ounces of silver (1 ounce = 28.3495231 gm) among other things, has been discovered.