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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Maharaja Duleep Singh Monument in progress

Photograph of Maharaja Duleep Singh in formal day dress, about 1850. Museum no. PH.192-1982, Horne & Thornthwaite. Albumen print from collodion negative. Museum no. PH.192-1982. Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum.

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