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		<title>Empire&#8217;s efforts: Recognising the Commonwealth&#8217;s contribution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harbakhsh Grewal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last November here in Britain the annual remembrance took place of the country’s war dead.  Up and down the country on Remembrance Sunday services are held to remember those who have given their lives in the two world wars and many other wars since then, including the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.  And this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Boy with the Topknot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 06:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was absolutely delighted last year when I saw the shelves of a Central London bookshop dominated by a book whose jacket featured the photograph of a delicate-looking nine year old Sikh boy tensely staring out. I can confidently say &#8211; this was the first joora to appear on a book jacket! This week that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bust of Sikh King up for auction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A previously unknown marble bust of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh will soon be on the auctioneers block in London. This stunning piece crafted in Europe in the 19th century is expected to reach $100-140,000 and is redolent of the Duleep Singh sculpture by Royal Academician John Gibson (1790-1866) that fetched a staggering &#163;1.7m in 2007. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does Thetford and Sikhism have in common?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer is a Royal Family. It may be nearly 4,000 miles away from the baking plains of the Punjab and slightly less awe inspiring than the glinting domes of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, Sikhism&#39;s holiest shrine, but the Norfolk market town of Thetford has become an unlikely place of pilgrimage for the world&#39;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred mysteries: Norfolks heir to the Punjab</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2007/12/sacred-mysteries-norfolks-heir-to-the-punjab/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the quiet churchyard of St Andrew&#39;s, Blo Norton, by the Little Ouse near the Suffolk border of Norfolk, beneath a lichen-covered gravestone, lies Prince Frederick Duleep Singh &#8211; far from his ancestral Punjab. Prince Frederick&#39;s father was Duleep Singh, Maharaja of Lahore at the age of five, from 1843. By the age of 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spinning Wheel Festival Seminars</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Spinning Wheel Film Festival has done a great seva (service) by showcasing films which span all genres, giving the audience a chance to view, ponder and discuss provocative and evocative films made to highlight the Sikh experience. This festival is a platform for Sikh awareness, showcasing talent through both films and exhibitions. This year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empire Faith and Kinship Lecture</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2007/11/empire-faith-and-kinship-lecture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brent Sikh Centre, London&#160; is having its annual Diwali lecture on the 10th November. Historian Parmjit Singh, founding member of the Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA) and co-author of &#34;Sicques, Tigers, or Thieves&#34;: Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs (1606-1809), will deliver a lecture entitled &#34;Empire, Faith and Kinship&#34;, a photographic history of our society from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empire, Faith and Kinship : Exploring 150 years of the Anglo Sikh Relationship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; From the authors of &#34;Warrior Saints&#34; and &#34;Sicques, Tigers or Thieves&#34;&#160;comes a major new on-line exhibition exploring 150 years of the Anglo-Sikh relationship. The exhibition is available now on www.efk.ukpha.org &#34;Empire, Faith and Kinship&#34; is an exhibtion that speaks volumes of a fascinating relationship that has touched and shaped the lives of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empire, Faith and Kinship : 1924 Jaito Protests</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2007/10/empire-faith-and-kinship-1924-jaito-protests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the years following the Jallianwala Bagh incident at Amritsar, the Sikhs moved ahead with peaceful protests against British-backed control of many Sikh gurdwaras. One of the key protests was held at Jaito in 1924. A journalist, S. Zimand, describes the scenes he witnessed as the peaceful &#8216;shahidi jathas&#8217; (martyrdom groups) faced the brunt of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empire, Faith and Kinship : Execution of Sikh Prisoners of war</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2007/09/empire-faith-and-kinship-execution-of-sikh-prisoners-of-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amandeep Madra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This image forms the last in a set of four tragic photographs that were found amongst Japanese records when Allied troops entered Singapore shortly after the end of the Second World War. The sequence of events is narrated as follows: 1) Japanese soldiers load their rifles and prepare to shoot their prisoners. 2) The blindfolded [...]]]></description>
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