Sikh Relics and artefacts in the UK lecture

Sikh Relics and artefacts in the UK lecture 18th September 2018 Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi On the 18th September head of the Sikh Museum Initiative-Gurinder Singh Mann gave a special lecture  on Sikh Relics and Artefacts in the UK at the prestigious Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan. The

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Anglo Sikh Virtual Museum Coverage: Times of India

Sikh History at a Touching distance- Times of India Interview with Gurinder Singh Mann, Head of the Sikh Museum Initiative

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Thetford and Punjab Festival kicks off

A festival celebrating the cultural link between Thetford and the Punjab has officially begun. Saturday 7th June 2018 Reporting from Ancient Houses Museum Thetford and the Guildhall. Numerous events, activities and celebrations will be held during the two-week Festival of Thetford and Punjab, which will run until July 21. It will

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More exposure needed on the Anglo Sikh Wars

This was the key message given by a panel of authors who were discussing the Sikh Empire and the Anglo Sikh Wars of 1845-1849. The often neglected wars from the nineteenth century which pitched the Sikh Empire against the East India Company were to put the British Empire in the

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Contemporary Sikh Art Exhibition Launch Video

The Contemporary Sikh Art exhibition was launched in the heart of Leicester on 11th May, initiated by the Sikh Museum Initiative and Art Sikh. The exhibition was opened by Assistant City Mayor-Councillor Manjula Sood. The evening was hosted by the Kartar Singh (Sikh Museum Initiative), who explained the importance of

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BBC Radio Interview: Sikh Art Exhibition and online museum launch

BBC Radio Leicester Interview Broadcast on BBC radio Leicester on 10/05/2018 Head of the Sikh Museum Initiative, Gurinder Singh Mann is interviewed on BBC Radio Leicester regarding the launch of the Contemporary Sikh Art Exhibition (with Art Sikh) and online Sikh Museum project. The new Anglo Sikh Virtual museum is

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Getting back Kohinoor not easy: Scholar

  Gurinder Singh’s Mann was asked about the kohinoor as part of his lecture on Sikh Relics and Artefacts at Khalsa College, Amritsar. Covered in Tribune India 29th April 2018. See link to actual story: http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/getting-back-kohinoor-not-easy-scholar/565964.html

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SMI award featured in the Leicester Mercury

Anglo Sikh Wars project award was featured in the Leicester Mercury on Saturday 7th April 2018.  

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Khalsa College: Anglo Sikh Wars Lecture Report

    Set of books given by staff from Khalsa College to Gurinder Singh Mann Gurinder Singh Mann delivered lecture on the different Sikh relics which were taken by the East India Company after the Anglo Sikh Wars (1845-1846) and (1848-1849) and the annexation of the Punjab in 1849. Many

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Lecture report: Sikh Relics of the Anglo Sikh Wars

Gurinder Singh Mann with Dr. Sukhdarshan Singh Khehra and Dr Paramvir Singh Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab 26th March 2018 The Sikh Museum Initiative’s Anglo Sikh Wars project has gone from strength to strength and as part of the dissemination on the research activities, Director-Gurinder Singh Mann has

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