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[[File:Bharatmata2.jpg|300px|right|thumbnail|One of Husain's most contentious paintings, "Bharatmata" [http://wiki.ncac.org/Bharatmata]]] | |||
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|medium=Painting | |medium=Painting | ||
|date_of_action=June 2012 | |date_of_action=June 2012 | ||
|location=Pune, India | |||
|description_of_content=The exhibit was to commemorate the one year anniversary of artist Maqbool Fida Husain, widely considered one of the greatest Indian artists. | |||
|description_of_incident=The Hindu Jan Jagriti Samiti, an conservative Indian organization, strongly voiced its opposition to the exhibition. "Shivaji Vatkar of the HJJS wrote to organiser and gallery curator Raju Sutar, claiming that Husain had 'hurt the religious and national sentiments of crores of Hindus and Indians through his blasphemous paintings of Hindu deities and Bharat Mata,' and hence the exhibition should be stopped." [www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article3516428.ece] | |||
|description_of_result=Fearing violence, the show organizers as well as curator Raju Sutar decided to cancel the exhibition. | |||
|source=www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article3516428.ece | |||
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