BBC Radio Interview: Sikh Art Exhibition and online museum launch
BBC Radio Leicester Interview Broadcast on BBC radio Leicester on 10/05/2018 Head of the Sikh Museum Initiative, Gurinder Singh Mann is interviewed on BBC Radio Leicester regarding the launch of the Contemporary Sikh Art Exhibition (with Art Sikh) and online Sikh Museum project. The new Anglo Sikh Virtual museum is
Visionary Sikh Art exhibition launches in Leicester
(R-L) Jasbir Mann(Falcon’s Primary School, Councillor Vijay Riyait, Kartar Singh(SMI), Gurinder Singh Mann(SMI), Councillor Manjula Sood, Kerry Grey(LASALS), Raj Mann(SMI), Jasmohan Obhi (SMI) The Contemporary Sikh Art exhibition was launched in the heart of Leicester on 11th May, initiated by the Sikh Museum Initiative and Art Sikh. The exhibition was
World’s first Online Sikh Museum project launches at new exhibition thanks to lottery funding
Sikh Museum Initiative given funding for an online museum Objects will be 3d modelled from public and private collections People will be trained up in digital skills The objects will be seen using virtual reality googles Online Sikh Museum project The Sikh Museum Initiative and ArtSikh present the Contemporary
Getting back Kohinoor not easy: Scholar
Gurinder Singh’s Mann was asked about the kohinoor as part of his lecture on Sikh Relics and Artefacts at Khalsa College, Amritsar. Covered in Tribune India 29th April 2018. See link to actual story: http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/getting-back-kohinoor-not-easy-scholar/565964.html
SMI award featured in the Leicester Mercury
Anglo Sikh Wars project award was featured in the Leicester Mercury on Saturday 7th April 2018.
Khalsa College: Anglo Sikh Wars Lecture Report
Set of books given by staff from Khalsa College to Gurinder Singh Mann Gurinder Singh Mann delivered lecture on the different Sikh relics which were taken by the East India Company after the Anglo Sikh Wars (1845-1846) and (1848-1849) and the annexation of the Punjab in 1849. Many
Africa’s Aliwal owes name to Ludhiana village
*A highway signboard of Aliwal North in South Africa’s East Cape province. *British officer founded town three years after victory in 1846 Anglo-Sikh battle About 9,000 km from the heat and dust of Ludhiana’s Aliwal village is Aliwal North, a town located along the Orange river in South Africa’s East
UK Sikh Heritage Organisation Receives Award in India
Gurinder Singh Mann (centre) with Pargat Singh Dhillon (left), Dr Paramvir Singh (left), Colonel Iqbal Singh (far left), Vice Chancellor-Dr. Sukhdarshan Singh Khehra (right) and other staff members. *The Sikh Museum Initiative’s project on the Anglo Sikh Wars has been commended by organisations in India and an award was
Lecture report: Sikh Relics of the Anglo Sikh Wars
Gurinder Singh Mann with Dr. Sukhdarshan Singh Khehra and Dr Paramvir Singh Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab 26th March 2018 The Sikh Museum Initiative’s Anglo Sikh Wars project has gone from strength to strength and as part of the dissemination on the research activities, Director-Gurinder Singh Mann has
New Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies launched in Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton has launched a new Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies which will be the first of its kind in the UK. The new Centre was officially launched by Dr Satinder Sartaaj, renowned Punjabi singer and poet, in the Chancellor’s Hall at the University’s City Campus at
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