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In pictures: Museum of Cartoon Art inaugurated at Savitribai Phule Pune University
1 / 10Museum of Cartoon Art was inaugurated at the Savitribai Phule Pune University on March 12 by the vice-chancellor Nitin Karmalkar. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
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2 / 10According to a My Pune Pulse report, the museum will house rare cartoons commenting on the socio-political developments in India since the beginning of the East India Company and its aftermath. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
3 / 10The museum houses newspaper cartoons as well, chronicling material from the pre-independence era to the present. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
4 / 10The report quotes renowned cartoonist and illustrator Suraj 'ESKAY' Sriram as saying, “The university will help in reaching out to more and more art lovers and in the future it will also provide a platform for young artists for research and art exhibitions.” (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
5 / 10Cartoon museums are typically dedicated to the collection, preservation and display of cartoons, animation or traditional comic strips. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
6 / 10A visitor at the museum gazes at cartoons chronicling the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
7 / 10A visitor looks at cartoons about the pre-independence, colonial period in India. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
8 / 10A visitor clicks a photograph of monochrome cartoon strips at the museum. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
9 / 10A visitor looks at a cartoon panel of Mahatma Gandhi drawn by RK Laxman. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
10 / 10The Savitribai Phule Pune University, which houses the cartoon museum, is a collegiate public state university in Pune. It was established in 1949. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
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