The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 32, August 8, 2004, Article 1

1913 GOLD NOBEL PRIZE MEDAL STOLEN

  An August 2 article in an Indian newspaper reports that "A
  new team will take over the investigation of the unsolved theft
  of litterateur Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel prize from his home
  inside Visva Bharati University."

  "On March 25, security staff of Uttarayan, Tagore's home
  inside Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan town, discovered
  that at least 50 of his memorabilia, including the Nobel gold
  medal he won in 1913, were missing."

  "Several people were detained, many suspects questioned,
  criminal hideouts raided, antique dealers tapped and a Rs.1
  million reward announced for information on the theft - but so
  far no breakthrough has been made."

  "University authorities have asked the Sweden-based Nobel
  awards committee for a replica of the medal."
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