Browsing Tag: Maharaja Ranjit Singh

The haveli of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh empire, has become a picture of neglect due to the indifferent attitude of the Pakistani Waqf Board,...

What on earth were three Americans doing in the Sikh Kingdom in the 1800’s?

150 years later, will Maharaja Ranjit Singh's descendent be able to take the Koh-i-noor to its rightful place at the Golden Temple? Or will his plight be halted...

Dakhni Sikhs derive honour and self-respect from their ancestors who were much concerned about self-esteem. When Nizam gave them the jagir of Nirmal, they rolled farman into the muzzle of a gun and blew that off, saying: “We get salary from our Maharaja. Who is he to give us jagir?” The past and the present thus reinforce each other. They boast: “Singhan da dabdba poora hai ji.”

The descendants of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, forced to give the Koh-i-noor diamond to Queen Victoria, will launch a court action Monday for his body and possessions to be returned to India.

The first ever daguerreotype – photo – portrait of a Sikh or Punjabi was taken in Lahore in early 1848 by Dr John McCosh, a surgeon in the army of the British East India Company. The subject was Diwan Mool Raj, the Sikh Governor of Multan, taken captive and condemned to death by the British.

The members of Sikh community from around the world Wednesday observed 172nd death anniversary of first Sikh emperor of greater Punjab, late Maharaja Ranjit Singh and paid rich tributes to him. The mount of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is located in the complex of Gurdwara Dera Sahib.

With the US having achieved its aim of crushing the bogey it created, the rest of us are still wondering whether the world is a safer place in the same way as it was being questioned by people when Sayyid Ahmed Barelvi was killed in 1831. Islamic fundamentalism did not die with the death of the Sayyid nor will it die with the killing of Osama bin Laden.

What is claimed to be the last portrait painted during his lifetime by the official court artist of the great Emperor of Punjab, Maharajah Ranjit Singh, goes under the hammer later this month. The superb miniature portrait was painted on ivory set in white gold brooch, also inscribed on gold - ‘Runjeet Singh'. It shows the aging Maharajah looking serious in his full regalia.

New York-based auction house Sotheby’s is all set to auction a rare portrait of Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh on March 24. Painted by celebrated artist Sobha Singh, the artwork has a reserved price of Rs. 2 crore. Art lovers in Punjab want the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to stop the auction but the latter says it does not plan to do so.

We Indians are so good at cherishing memories. Yet when it comes to living memory that we inherit by way of heritage; we simply turn a blind eye and let it be ravaged. Not surprising then that we may idolise Maharaja Ranjit Singh, but have ignored his precious heritage...

When Maharaja Ranjit Singh organized the Sikh Empire, the first coins that were minted under him were dedicated to the first guru, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The coins minted under him always bore the inscription of leaf of Banyan, a symbol of his empire...

The SGPC displayed rare items dating back from the fifteenth to eighteenth century inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple to mark the Guru Gaddi Nashini of Guru Hargobind, the sixth spiritual master of the Sikhs.

The list of India's treasures held abroad is "too long to handle" and is was a need for a "diplomatic and legal campaign" for their restitution from institutions including the British Museum, the Royal Collection and the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Coincidence or design? Paris appears to be taken by surprise this season by an unusual and simultaneous wave of expositions concerning the subcontinent.

The Maharaja seemed to bear the reverse with great equanimity and said that a trifling defeat now and then was useful, as it taught both men and officers caution."

He spent over five years researching the book, making trips across the country and abroad to browse Sikh literature and documents in British and Pakistani museums and archives.

New York auction house, Sotheby’s, will auction a historic painting of Maharajah Ranjit Singh on March 18. The French artist, Leopold Massard, in 1830 portrayed Maharaja in watercolors on paper.

During the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh there was a famous bandit stealing from people. The Maharaja offered "I will offer two villages to anyone who catches this robber alive." The bandit in return posted his own offer, "If anyone can catch me alive I will give them the throne of Lahore." Along came a brave Singh to battle with the bandit to stop his reign. Will the Singh win and be given the throne of Lahore?

Auction house in London gives out the details of the rare and imposing marble bust of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Amanpreet Singh recounts a story of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

The main ceremony of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death anniversary will start at the Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore from June 27 to 29.