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
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
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
Sikh survey report 2016
Jas Singh, Dr Opinderjit Kaur and SMIās Gurinder Singh Mann 25/11/2016 University of Wolverhampton Hosted by the Sikh Network. The SMI team were at the launch of theĀ Sikh survey 2016.Ā The findings from the UK Sikh Survey 2016, the largest and most comprehensive ever Sikh survey in the UK with over
Anglo Sikh history: A historianās London march
Rav Singh (in front) with a group of walkers during a tour held on October 25 as part of the project Anglo Sikh Wars: Battles, Treaties and Relics. He is a historian with a difference: Rav Singh loves to share his knowledge with all, children included. As a tour guide,
Maharajah Ranjit Singh and the Sikh empire
Background Ranjit Singh, (1780-1839) was born in Gujranwala and became Ā Maharaja (1801ā39) of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab. Ranjit Singh was the first Indian in a millennium to turn the tide of invasion back into the homelands of the traditional conquerors of India, the Pashtuns (Afghans), and he thus
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
UK project to bring alive the Anglo-Sikh wars
The project has been featured in the Tribune newspaper in India. Vikramdeep Johal,Ā Tribune News Service,Ā Chandigarh, October 24 Even as Britain salutes the Sikh contribution to its campaigns in World Wars I and II, a project has set out to achieve total recall of the two Anglo-Sikh Wars, fiercely fought
Anglo Sikh Wars project launch
The Sikh Museum Initiative is pleased to announce the launch of the Anglo Sikh Wars website. The site will cover all information related to the project: Anglo Sikh Wars: Battles, Treaties and Relics. Project launch Newarke houses Museum, Leicester 14th October 2016 For many years, the fabled diamond known as
Review of The Second Anglo-Sikh War
The long-awaited treatise on the so called ” Anglo-Sikh Wars ” Amarpal’s “The Second Anglo-Sikh War ” makes irresistible reading.These last nearly 170 years since the Sikh empire was effectively finished for ever there have been hundreds of books and in times to come there will be many more ..yet