By Amandeep Madra on August 28, 2007
The fighting qualities of the Sikh soldier in battle are well established and universally spoken of in the highest regard by friends and foe alike. However, one aspect of combat that is probably the t overlooked in Sikh history is the plight of the prisoners of war, the subject of this rare image. It [...]
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By Amandeep Madra on August 4, 2007
The fourth of the serialisation of "Empire, Faith and Kinship" is this stunning photograph of a nineteenth century Sikh woman before her marriage. Photography arrived in India in the 1840s at a time when the British were turning their attention towards the changing political situation in the Punjab. However, it was not until after [...]
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By Amandeep Madra on July 26, 2007
Maharaja Duleep Singh had three daughters from his marriage with Maharani Bamba. They were photographed together at a formal presentation at court in 1892 in their stunning debutante dresses. The younger sisters, Catherine and Sophia, were also captured by the society photographer, James Lafayette in his New Bond Street studio in London.
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By Amandeep Madra on July 15, 2007
The second in the serialisation of the forthcoming "Empire, Faith and Kinship" exhibtion is this fascinating group portrait of Sikh veterans from the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. This group of Sikh veterans was photographed during the Delhi Durbar celebrations of 1903 where Indian Princes came together to recognise Queen Victoria’s successor, King Edward VII, as the Emperor of India. [...]
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By Amandeep Madra on June 10, 2007
Today see's the launch of a brand new initiative by UKPHA to present its series of Sikh Arts and Heritage Lectures on an innovative new web platform. This exciting new website has been designed to show the presenter and their visuals as they were delivered during the groundbreaking 2003/4 series of lectures that toured the UK. [...]
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By admin on April 22, 2007
Mystery surrounds the secretive buyer who stunned the art world paying £1.7M for the sculpture of Maharaja Duleep Singh auctioned by Bonhams of London on 19 April. The portrait bust of Maharajah Duleep Singh made in Rome in 1859 by the Welsh-born Royal Academician John Gibson provides a tantalising glimpse into the story of a [...]
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By admin on April 22, 2007
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s move to participate in the proposed auction of the bust of Maharaja Duleep Singh, to be held in the UK on April 19 has drawn flak from a section of the Sikhs all over the world. They allege the SGPC’s attempt would amount to ‘idol worship’ which is not acceptable [...]
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By admin on April 22, 2007
He was an Indian prince who led an extravagant life with Britain's aristocracy, but ultimately died penniless and alone. But a London auction house was left stunned after a Victorian bust of one of East Anglia's t famous historical figures went under the hammer for £1.7m – 68 times its estimate. The rare and alt [...]
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By admin on April 22, 2007
A marble bust of Punjab's last sovereign maharajah, has been auctioned here for nearly two-million pounds, some 60 times more than the asking price, and it's thought the trans-continental sale has enabled Duleep Singh's treasured likeness finally to be reach sub-continental hands. Julian Roup, of Bonhams, the international fine art auction house that goes back [...]
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By admin on April 22, 2007
After the SGPC's rhetoric that it would get another of the lost Sikh treasures back to India, Maharaja Duleep Singh's bust has been sold to the highest bidder — a Sikh family — to grace its private collection. Duleep Singh, who converted to Christianity at an early age and was the son of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja [...]
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