One of the most significant historical connections with Poland is India’s support for Polish refugees during World War 2. When over

5000 Polish citizens, mostly women and children were not only givenrefuge but a grand welcome in the town of Valivade, in Maharashtraby then Maharaja—a good maharaja as he called sheltered 1000orphaned Polish children. What remarkable history and connection with Poland, and that is also the principal core values of how India looks at the world, itsopenness and quest of embracing the essence of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam in its foreign policies too.