Empire in the balance: Chillianwallah and Gujarat Lecture

Empire in the balance: Chillianwallah and Gujarat Lecture report Amarpal Singh Sidhu, Newarke Houses Museum Leicester, 22nd March 2017 Another great lecture was delivered as part of the exhibition Anglo Sikh Wars Battles, Treaties and Relics. Hosted by Gurinder Singh Mann head of the Sikh Museum initiative. Amarpal Singh Sidhu, historian and

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Anglo Sikh Wars on BBC Asian network

BBC Asian network interview by Nomia Iqbal with Gurinder Singh Mann and Amarpal Singh Sidhu. The Anglo Sikh Wars exhibition was discussed together with the importance of the Anglo Sikh Wars. Click on the link below.   Exhibition runs until 4th June 2017 www.anglosikhwars.com www.sikhmuseum.org.uk  

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Rare Sikh maps displayed as part of Anglo Sikh Wars lecture

  Sikh Empire and the causes of the Anglo Sikh Wars lecture report Bobby Singh Bansal-Documentary maker and historian. Newarke Houses Museum, Leicester 11th March 2017. The first lecture as part of the exhibition Anglo Sikh Wars: Battles, treaties and Relics was undertaken by Bobby Singh Bansal. The lecture kicked

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Anglo Sikh Wars exhibition on BBC radio Leicester

Anglo Sikh Wars exhibition on BBC Radio Leicester Gurinder Singh Mann interviewed by Kamlesh Purhoit on 13/03/2017.   The project Anglo Sikh Wars Battles, Treaties and Relics is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Anglo Sikh Wars exhibition featured on BBC NEWS

The Anglo Sikh Wars exhibition was featured on BBC East Midlands News. Gurinder Singh Mann and Raj Mann from the SMI was interviewed as part of the programme. The new story showcased the 3d tablet, augmented reality and other relics on display. The exhibition news was broadcast on 10/03/2017 at

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ASW project discussed with Prince Charles

Raj Mann centre discussing the Anglo Sikh Wars project with Prince Charles. HRH Prince Charles visited Leicester on 25th January 2017. He attended and spoke to members of the military at the St. Philips Centre. There was cadets from Southall in attendance. Raj Mann from the Sikh Museum Initiative explained

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Letters of Chattar Singh Attariwala

  Chattar Singh Atarriwala: Painting, portrait miniature,  paint on ivory, Lahore, ca. 1850-1870. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Letters of Chattar Singh Attariwala-Written by Damandeep Singh Sandhanwalia S. Chattar Singh Attariwala was a commander and served as provincial governor under minor Maharaja Duleep Singh. He is better known for the lead

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The Anglo Sikh Wars: The Battle of Ferozeshah 171st anniversary lecture held at Newarke Houses Museum

A special lecture took place in Leicester on friday 9th December. It was part of a series of events undertaken by the Sikh Museum Initiative (SMI) related to the Anglo Sikh Wars which took place between the Sikh empire and the East India Company between 1845 and 1849. Daljit Singh

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Battle of Ferozeshah discussed on BBC Radio Leicester

BBC Radio Leicester studios 09/12/2016 Gurinder Singh Mann, Head of the SMI was at BBC Radio Leicester on the Ben Jackson show. He was interviewed about the Battle of Ferozeshah, the second battle in the first Anglo Sikh War. He also talked about the Anglo Sikh Wars project: Battles, Treaties

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Sikh procession in Leicester

A cacophony of colour and sound snaked its way through the city streets yesterday as thousands of Sikhs celebrated the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Guru. The annual Nagar Kirtan religious procession set off from the Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara, in East Park Road and followed a

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