Lacquer museum - worldwide shellac usage demonstrated at IINRG in Ranchi, Jharkhand

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A museum just to display shellac and lac or lacquer products! Imagine such a finely delineated topical museum, but that's what you get if you visit IINRG in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Lacquer museum - worldwide shellac usage demonstrated at IINRG in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums (IINRG) (formerly Indian Lac Research Institute (ILRI)) is a nodal Institute at national level for research and development on all aspects of lac and other natural gums & resins (excluding production) such as harvesting/ tapping, processing, product development, training, information repository, technology dissemination and national/international cooperation. Realizing the strategic importance of lac, the then Imperial Govt. of India constituted the Lindsay- Harlow Committee in 1920,