Jul
9
Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life, Thetford, IP24 1AA
Sat 9th July 2022 6pm
Ancient House Museum is excited to host historian and Director of the Sikh Museum Initiative, Gurinder Singh Mann and his new book – The Rise of the Sikh Soldier – as part of the Festival of East Anglia and Punjab.
The book considers the rise of the Sikh Soldier from the eighteenth century through to Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Sikh Empire, the consideration of Sikh warfare during the Anglo Sikh Wars leading to the employment of the Sikhs into the British Indian Army. Underrepresented female warriors like Sahib Kaur and Sada Kaur are also given coverage to reflect their importance in Sikh history. The book is supplemented with maps of battles, rare military images, relics and artefacts together with the appendices citing important documents and letters.
Signed copies of Gurinder’s book will be available to purchase on the evening or pre-order and receive a 25% discount on the cover price – just £16.46 to be collected from the museum or for the digital audience it can be posted
This event is available to both in-person (limited spaces, booking essential via Festival box office) and to a digital audience.*
*By booking for the digital event you give Leaping Hare permission to share your name and email address with Ancient House solely for the purpose of enabling safe access to the digital talk. You information will not be retained or used for any other purpose.
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