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	<title>Punjab Heritage News &#187; Ranjit Singh</title>
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		<title>Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s legacy in ruins</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/05/maharaja-ranjit-singh%e2%80%99s-legacy-in-ruins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 06:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A foundation stone laid nine years ago at Heritage Hill near Ropar’s Sutlej bridge to mark the bicentenary celebrations of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is now buried under heaps of garbage. Overgrown wild bushes have completely blanketed the plaque, while a flag of the Maharaja’s era restored on the top of hill remains out of reach of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defacement of Ram Bagh goes on with impunity</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/03/defacement-of-ram-bagh-goes-on-with-impunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though there has been stringent prohibition act against defacing or damaging the precious historical monuments by the government, yet the act is being ignored, with hardly any guilt, by the authorities. Ram Bagh, an 84-acre summer palace set up by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1819, is a prime example to testify the couldn’t care less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the &#8216;Wild&#8217; proved more educated</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/02/when-the-wild-proved-more-educated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the British conquered Lahore in 1849, Lord Dalhousie, the Governor General, declared that he would educate the “wild illiterate Punjabis” in a new system of Anglo-Vernacular education. When they started the East India Company Board was shocked by what already existed. The board was amazed to find that the literacy rate in Lahore and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamia College being renovated flouting conservation principles</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/islamia-college-being-renovated-flouting-conservation-principles/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/islamia-college-being-renovated-flouting-conservation-principles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shiny marble tiles have replaced the century-old brick-made floor and stairs of the historic Islamia College which is being renovated and repaired. Besides the main building of the college established in 1913, the repair and renovation of the domes of Islamia College mosque is also in progress with conservationists fearing it is tantamount to damaging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samadhi of Bhai Vastiram, a minister in the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, lies in ruins</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/samadhi-of-bhai-vastiram-a-minister-in-the-court-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh-lies-in-ruins/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2010/01/samadhi-of-bhai-vastiram-a-minister-in-the-court-of-maharaja-ranjit-singh-lies-in-ruins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The samadhi of Bhai Vastiram, a minister in the court of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, lies in ruins reports Pakistan&#8217;s Daily Times.  Located behind the Lahore Fort, the samadhi was attacked in a senseless act of revenge when the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished.  Scavengers have since been chipping away at the monument, stealing chunks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rest house used to detain Rani Jindan and Duleep Singh in shambolic state</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/11/rest-house-used-to-detain-rani-jindan-and-duleep-singh-in-shambolic-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kothi where Rani Jindan was detained in a shambles writes Mahesh Sharma in The Tribune. Despite the keen interest shown by the world in the auction of a necklace of Rani Jindan, the Bassi canal rest house, popularly known as a “kothi”, where the queen and her last Sikh ruler son, Maharaja Duleep Singh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holding the Fort: Gobindgarh and Phillaur Forts</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/11/holding-the-fort-gobindgarh-and-phillaur-forts/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/11/holding-the-fort-gobindgarh-and-phillaur-forts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the forts of Gobindgarh and Phillaur complete 200 years, G. S. Aujla traces their importance in Punjab’s history from The Tribune, 29 November 2009. The year 2009 marks the bicentenary of the completion of two historic and strategic forts of Punjab — the Gobindgarh fort of Amritsar and the Phillaur fort — on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A glimpse inside the Royal treasury: Ranjit Singh’s Golden Throne</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/10/a-glimpse-inside-the-royal-treasury-ranjit-singh%e2%80%99s-golden-throne/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/10/a-glimpse-inside-the-royal-treasury-ranjit-singh%e2%80%99s-golden-throne/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most iconic symbols of Ranjit Singh’s kingdom is the golden throne, now safely housed in London’s V&#38;A museum. It is on permanent display on the museum and arguably is one of their most important objects. Over the next few months the Golden Throne will form part of the dazzling Maharaja exhibition that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shalamar conservation</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/08/shalamar-conservation/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/08/shalamar-conservation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news of the completion of some conservation work by Unesco at the historical Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, is nothing short of exhilarating. For years, the 17-century monument has been in dire need of proper upkeep. There was once a plan to reactivate the gardens&#8217; hydraulic system which pumps water to the dozens of fountains, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chamber found in Fort</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/06/chamber-found-in-fort/</link>
		<comments>http://news.ukpha.org/2009/06/chamber-found-in-fort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A passage discovered in the Lahore Fort during evacuation beneath the bedroom of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan is still waiting further exploration and research for establishing its significance, importance and relevancy due to lack of experts. The fort sources said on Wednesday that the passageway was discovered when the management was searching the original carpeted floor [...]]]></description>
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