Sikh Swords

SMI 19: Sikh Sword-Talwar and KattiLocation: PunjabGeneral swords depicted The sword named a Talwar a weapon choice for Sikhs and a Katti a traditional Indian sword. History An observer during the Anglo Sikh Wars noted “Our English cavalry with their blunt swords were most unequally matched against the Sikhs with

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Jewellery of suffragette Princess Sophia Duleep Singh comes alive

‘Queen Victoria still looked after Sophia and made provisions for her to live here in the UK, which shows that she had a bit of a soft spot for her’ Article published by the Leicester Mercury newspaper 27th February and 1st March 2019.  Historical Sikh jewellery belonging to the goddaughter

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