Celebrating Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s birth anniversary

Celebrating Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s birth anniversary Saturday, November 18 The Ramgarhia Community Centre, Newhall Hill, Birmingham, B1 3LD. ArtSikh hosted a great event for the final evening of the Sikh exhibition in Birmingham. Original artworks by Artists from around the world and art students from The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton. 

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Orders and Medal Research Society Convention 2017

Orders & Medals Research Society(OMRS) Crown Plaza Stratford-upon-Avon Saturday 16th September “An excellent Convention which must rank as one of the very best yet” OMRS President, Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork MBE The SMI were invited to the Orders and Medal Research Society Convention 2017, which was also the 75th anniversary of

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Punjabi Village Fete Leeds( ASW pop up exhibition)

Punjabi Village Fete Leeds Ramgarhia Leeds Sport & Leisure Centre 8 Chapeltown Road, Leeds LS7 3AP SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER Hosted by Ramgharia Board Leeds and Sikhs in Leeds. The Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition was part of the fully themed Punjabi village to giving everyone a a taste of

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Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition (GNG football club)

  Guru Nanak Gurdwara Football Club Riverside Football Ground 44 Braunstone Lane East Leicester LE3 2FW 2nd September 2017 The Sikh Museum Initiative team was at Guru Nanak Gurdwara football Club in Leicester to exhibit their Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition and digital interactives. Portraits of Sikhs who fought

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Sikh weapons and Anglo Sikh Wars exhibition

Sikh and Indian Weapons exhibition and Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition Part of Summersmagam 2017 organised by Sikhs2inspire 27th August 2017 Oakland Centre, Oakland Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B31 0NA There was a weapons display by Wootz Militaria with talks on shastarvidiya, (sikh art of war) by Luvjinder Singh.There was a number important

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Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition Highcross Shopping Centre

  We exhibited our pop up exhibition at the Highcross Shopping Centre, Leicester, LE1 4AN in July and August 2017. After the success of the Anglo Sikh Wars exhibition and our pop up exhibition events (International Sikh Research Conference, Military History Live and the Lord Gough Book launch) we were

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Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition on the BBC Antiques Roadtrip programme

BBC Antiques Roadtrip The Sikh Museum Initiative was filmed for the popular BBC Antiques Roadtrip programme. They filmed our Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition as well as getting an understanding of the different weapons (shastars) used by the Sikhs. James Braxton and actress Felicity Montague undertook the questions with

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MHL 2017: Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition

  Pop up exhibition at Military History Live 2017 Military History Live 24th June 2017 Leicester Adult Education College Leicester Leicester’s 3rd ‘Military History Live’ event took place on Saturday 24th June 10am-4pm at Leicester Adult Education (Belvoir Street),  an opportunity to explore the conflicts from the past that shape

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ISRC 2017: Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition

Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition University of Warwick, Coventry, UK Saturday 17th June 2017 The annual International Sikh research Conference (ISRC) 2017 highlighted the contribution of scholars to the study of Sikh studies. Convened by Gurinder Singh Mann and Harjinder Singh Lallie at the University of Warwick, a number

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