Maharaja Ranjit Singhs statue to be installed in France in September
Modern miniature of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) A statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh will be installed in Frances Saint-Tropez town, the birth place of his Army General Jean-Francois Allard, in September this year.Together with the installation of busts of General Allard and his wife Bannou Pan Dei.
BBC radio programme The Sikh Empire
The Sikh Empire: In Our Time Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of the Sikh Empire in the 18th Century under Ranjit Singh, who unified the Sikh kingdoms as the Mughal Empire declined. He became Maharaja of the Panjab at Lahore in 1801, capturing Amritsar the following year. His empire
The Sikh Empire – Treaty with a King
Portrait of Charles Theophilus Metcalfe By Pardeep Nagra The Sikh faith originated in the late 1400’s within a social and geo political and geo demographic region of one of the oldest civilizations in the Indus Valley. The Indus Valley Civilisation is also known as the Harappan Civilisation, after Harappa, the first
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
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
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
Rare fresco at Ranjit Singh’s palace in ruins
A rare fresco depicting Raas Leela of Lord Krishna, which has peeled off from the walls of a room of the Summer Palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Ram Bagh in Amritsar. Call it inordinate delay in the preservation work or lack of a professional approach on the part of
Court dismisses plea filed to bring Kohinoor to Pakistan
A Pakistani court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by a barrister seeking direction to the government to bring back the famed Kohinoor diamond, which India has been trying to get from the UK for years, terming the plea as non-maintainable. Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffry, had filed a plea in
Restoration of Ranjit Singh’s Summer Palace gathers pace
After a gap of few years, the restoration work of the historic Ram Bagh, the summer palace of legendary Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh has gathered pace. The conservation work remained closed for the past year. At present, wooden doors and windows of the heritage structure are being repaired and
Warrior Princess-Sophia Duleep Singh
Warrior Princess By Anita Anand A very good friend of mine, who also happens to be a rather well-known author, dipped deep into his vocabulary to summon the mot juste , which might best describe my current situation. “You, Anita, are a very lucky cow!” Having found for the subject
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