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The '''Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art''' is a museum in [[Hyderabad]], [[India]]. It contains the personal art collection of Jagdish Mittal, and his late wife Kamla Mittal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sunday-chronicle/cover-story/190818/custodian-of-culture.html|title=Custodian of Culture|last=Singh|first=Vishwaveer|date=2018-08-19|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mittalmuseum.com/|title=Home {{!}} Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art|website=www.mittalmuseum.com|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/honouring-jagdish-mittal/article6481487.ece|title=Honouring Jagdish Mittal|last=Murthy|first=Neeraja|date=2014-10-08|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-01-27|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Jagdish Mittal is himself an artist and has also been collecting art for decades. He is also a [[Padma Shri]] laureate.<ref name=":1" />

In 1976, the couple decided to bequeathed art collection to the nation and instituted a public trust — Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian art – in Hyderabad. The museum's collection includes more than 2000 objects dated between 1 BCE and 1900 CE.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/jagdish-mittal-an-art-connoisseur/article6703801.ece|title=He lives for art|date=2014-12-18|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-01-27|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/one-mans-lifelong-devotion-indian-art/|title=One man’s lifelong devotion to Indian art|date=2016-12-27|website=Apollo Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

It consists of about 2000 objects which include [[Mughal painting|miniature paintings]] and drawings (which form about fifty percent of the collection), manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, folk and classical bronzes, terracottas, wood carving, ivory, glass, jade, metalware (in bronze, brass, copper, silver, [[bidriware|bidri]]) and textiles.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

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