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First 3D Sikh Interactive at The Royal Armouries

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Interactive display of rare Sikh objects opens at Royal Armouries Museum The digital project painstakingly recreated three objects from the museum’s South Asian Sikh collection, enabling visitors to interact with digital versions of rare historical pieces of armour for the first time in its 700-year history. Following on from the display of Sikh Relics at the Anglo Sikh Wars Exhibition (201...
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Sikhlen Arts and Film Festival Birmingham 2023

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Sikhlens Arts and Film FestivalMillenium Point, Birmingham16th June 2023 Great day at the first Sikhlens festival in the UK. Thanks to Bicky Singh, Harinder Singh, Sangat Television (Official) Nishkam Centre for arranging a great day. The Sikhmuseum team: Gurinder Singh Mann, Kartar Singh, Raj Mann was in full effect engaging with participants. Showing relics in 3D on our touchscreen...
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SMI-30 Best Sikh Blogs and Websites

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The Sikh Museum Initiative has been nominated as part of the top 30 best Sikh Blogs and websites in the world. We have been ranked at number 14 as part of the selection by Feedspot. This is another honor for the team who have: Created the world first 3d Sikh Museum Visit www.anglosikhmuseum.com Cited as being in the top Virtual Museum's in the world Amongst many accolades that ...
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Festival of Thetford & Punjab 2023

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Friday 7 Jul 2023 - Sunday 9 Jul 2023 Festival of Thetford & Punjab 2023Friday 7 July – Sunday 9 July The Festival of Thetford & Punjab 2023 takes place in venues across Thetford in Norfolk, and will be a weekend of cultural celebrations inspired by the life and legacy of the Duleep Singh family, the last Royal Family of the Punjab who lived in Norfolk. There will be talks, w...
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Anglo Sikh Wars: A Journey into relics, technology, generals and battlefields.

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Anglo Sikh Wars Seminar29th April 2023National Army MuseumLondon “ Best seminar of the year and we only in April” “this seminar should be taken across the nation” “ A sensitive subject adequately handled by all speakers” The seminar at the National Army Museum was an action packed day for discussions on the Anglo Sikh Wars (1845-1849).The nineteenth century witnessed the battles w...
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Vaisakhi at Leicester Museum 2023

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Vaisakhi at Leicester Museum Great turnout and engagement with people from all communities at the Second Vaisakhi the the Museum. Great lectures by Kartar Singh, Harinder Singh and Ancient House Museum. Lectures by hosted by historian Gurinder Singh Mann. The Sikhmuseum team were overwhelmed with the engagement with the Worlds first online 3d Museum via the digital touchscreen and Virtual ...
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Sophia Duleep Singh to be honored with a Blue Plaque

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Sophia Duleep Singh will be honored with a commemorative Blue Plaque at Hampton Court Palace, London. She was the daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh – the last ruler of the Sikh empire – and the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Singh was among the leading activists who was pivotal in the movement for women’s right to vote in 1900s Britain. English Heritage which runs the Blue Plaque scheme, ...
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Sikh Troops War Memorial unveiled in Leicester

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Sunday 30th October, Victoria Park, Leicester People gathered at Victoria Park, Leicester to see the statue of a Sikh soldier being unveiled. The bronze statue honours Sikhs who fought for the United Kingdom during the two World Wars and many other conflicts around the world. Although accounting for less than 2% of the population of British India at the time, Sikhs made up more than 20...
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Sikhs in the British Army School Resource

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The Sikh Service in the British Army Produced in consultation with the Defense Sikh Network and historian Gurinder Singh Mann (Sikh Museum Initiative), the Sikh Service in the British Army resources help students aged 11–16 to explore the varied contributions of Sikh soldiers throughout the history of the British Army.  The education resources exploring the role of Sikh soldiers in...
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Mapping Sikh Heritage Sites in the UK

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Mapping Sikh Heritage in the UK The Sikh Museum initiative has been working for many years with many public and private institutions to discover locations of Sikh Heritage. We are now looking to map Sikh heritage sites in the UK.We would like your help in shaping our potential project and hence allowing us to shed more light on these important spaces.We would be greatful if you could c...
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