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1 day ago

This Punjabi Princess Fought for Women's Suffrage and Sheltered Refugees During World War II. A Goddaughter of Queen Victoria, She Rejected British Imperialism

In November 1910, a princess marched on Parliament in a bid to secure women's right to vote in the United Kingdom. Sophia Duleep Singh, the daughter of the Sikh Empire's last maharaja, was 'as close to an international celebrity as it was possible to be' in that era.
History
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 day ago

Sikh war memorial statue proposed for Southall

A memorial for Sikh soldiers who fought in the British Indian Army is proposed for a west London park, costing up to £2 million.
Photography
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Manure dryers and devil dancers: the British empire's attempt to use photography to control India

British colonialists used photography between 1855-1920 to classify and categorize Indian people as ethnic types, advancing imperial control rather than celebrating individuals.
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Exhibition to tell story of Punjabi princess and pioneering suffragette Sophia Duleep Singh

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, a suffragette and daughter of the last Sikh maharajah, challenges elite social norms in a new exhibition at Kensington Palace.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
4 weeks ago

Staff race to save artifacts after Sikh museum in Mississauga suffers water damage from fire | CBC News

The Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada in Mississauga suffered severe water damage from sprinkler activation following a small fire, destroying irreplaceable artifacts and requiring complete structural rebuilding.
Canada news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Sikh group in Canada slams India over new report into 2023 activist killing

Indian consular officials in Vancouver allegedly provided information to facilitate the 2023 assassination of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar through coordination with India's intelligence agency and a criminal gang.
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