Dhyan Singh Haveli in need of restoration

LAHORE: On that October day, the boon companion of the king of the Punjab threatened the prime minister with dire consequences within 24 hours. Kharak Singh had inherited the vast kingdom from his father Maharaja Ranjit Singh. By all accounts, he had neither the intellect nor the will to manage statecraft

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Sikh war memorial plan for Bristol gets backing

  A national Sikh war memorial in honour of Sikh soldiers was unveiled last year A campaign calling for a war memorial to be built in Bristol has been backed by the Sikh community. An estimated 83,000 Sikhs lost their lives in World War One and about 109,000 were seriously

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Proposed statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in France faces opposition

Images of General Allard, Maharaja Ranjit Singh and the wife of Allard, Bannu Pan Dei In July 2015, the Punjab Government announced the proposal of installing a statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Saint-Tropez, France. The Punjab government is set to place orders for two statues of legendary Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit

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British Library acquires group of Sikh Miniatures on Ivory

Add.Or.5680-82 Inscribed: Now Mahal Sing successor to Rangeet Sing [i.e. Kharak Singh]; Maharajah of Lahore Ranjeet Sing; Bahadoor Shaw present King of Delhi [i.e. Akbar II] (British Library, Add.Or.5680-82) A recently acquired group of miniatures painted on ivory and laid down on paper supports with identifying inscriptions, still mostly with

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Tributes paid to general Sham Singh Attariwala on Sobraon day

Sham Singh Attaiwala. Painting on ivory. Lahore CA 1850-1870. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 10th Februray commemorates the Battle of Sobroan. The final battle of the Anglo Sikh Wars. Sham Singh Attariwala played an important part in the battle and was martyred. Tributes were paid to legendary Sikh general Sham

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Maharaja Duleep Singh Memorial at Bassian sees few visitors

The Maharaja Duleep Singh Memorial, on which the Punjab government spent Rs 5 crore, is struggling to pay its electricity dues just eight months after its high-profile inauguration by Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal. It has also just about scraped up enough to pay its 10 employees three months backwages

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