Anglo Sikh Wars project featured on Celebrity Antiques Roadtrip

BBC Antiques Roadtrip The Sikh Museum Initiative was filmed for the popular BBC Celebrity Antiques Roadtrip programme. The Sikh Museum Initiative formulated the Anglo Sikh Wars project this year to shed light on the highly contested wars between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company from 1845-1849. The exhibition

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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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Anglo Sikh War memorials in neglect

An old cannon at the entrance of the Anglo-Sikh war museum. Even as the state government is busy setting up memorials, the existing ones remain in a sorry state.The move has not gone down well with the Congress party that alleged that notwithstanding empty coffers, the SAD was trying to

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Battle of Ferozeshah – 21Dec 1845

Name of battle: Battle of Ferozeshah (originally referred to as Pheru-shah) Date of battle: December 21-22 1845 Location: On the south bank of the Sutlej River in the Punjab in North West India. Generals that fought in the battle: Major Gen Sir Hugh Gough and Gen Sir Henry Hardinge, Raja Lal

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