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Magic of Artistry: Q and A session with Contemporary Sikh Artists

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Thursday 11th April 2024 6pm-8pmLeicester Adult EducationBelvoir St, Leicester, LE1 6QL There was another great turnout to an event to support the successful Contemporary Sikh Art Exhibition in Leicester. The event was to learn more bout the motivations and background to the artists work at the exhibition. The artist involved included: Rajpal Singh (Intrinsic_Arts), Amandeep Kaur, Guneit Kaur ...
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Special Sikh Art exhibition opens to great reception

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Location: Lower Gallery, Leicester Adult EducationBelvoir St, Leicester, LE1 6QL Cllr. Manjula Sood and Sukhnoor Kaur (Falcons Primary) cutting the ribbon/Punjab 2000. The Sikh Museum Initiative launched its Contemporary Sikh Art Exhibition on Wednesday 21 March 2024 at Leicester Adult Education. Attendees came from across the UK to view over 100 pieces of artworks by talented...
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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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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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Rise of the Sikh Soldier-Book: Launch

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The Rise of the Sikh Soldier-Book LaunchWednesday 20th JulyLeicester Museum and Art Gallery The Leicester Museum and Art Gallery was the setting for the launch of the new book by Gurinder Singh Mann. Participants came from across the country to hear more about the Sikh Martial Tradition. Raj Mann, Dr Christopher Brice and Dr Gurnam Singh Raj Mann (Sikh Museum Initiative) hosted the e...
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Festival of East Anglia and the Punjab concludes

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Finale weekend- part of the Festival of East Anglia and the Punjab. Another 10 day festival concluded with talks, digital displays and a mela in the heart of Thetford. it was a great weekend with the finale of the Festival in Norfolk. Saturday saw dancers and a circus act outside The Thomas Paine Hotel. As well as lectures by Gurinder Singh Mann and Rav Singh (A Little History of the Sikh...
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Global Sikh Conference-Commemorating 400 years of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji

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Global Sikh Conference-commemorating 400 years of Guru Tegh Bahadur jiby Global Sikh Vision - GSV and United ColoursWalsall Football Ground 29/05/2022 A very important Sikh conference considering various facets of Sikhi.Key note speech was by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh. Followed by Gurinder Singh Mann then Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba, Retired Justice Ranjit Singh Randhawa and others. The le...
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Revisiting the Sikh Empire Event Report

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Revisiting the Sikh Empire Event by the Sikh Museum Initiative16th March 2022Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester On the 16th of March 2022, Leicester was the location of a great evening exploring the history and heritage of the Sikh Empire. The packed-out event was a Q and A was with authors and historians: Peter Bance and Gurinder Singh Mann. Peter Bance has spent many years uncov...
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128th Death Anniversary of Maharajah Duleep Singh

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The Anglo Punjab Heritage Foundation hosted the 128th death anniversary of Maharajah Duleep Singh at Elveden today. The service was conducted by the Reverend Paul Tamms and the Sikh prayers were recited by Giani Baldev Singh of Norwich Gurdwara. Wreaths were laid by Major Daljinder Singh Virdee of the SIkh Defence Network, the Mayor of Thetford, Deputy Mayor of Mildenhall, Mrs Safina Karim...
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“Guru Hargobind named sword” amongst 157 artefacts returned from USA to India.

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An interesting story has been revealed today, where the Indian Government has received 157 artefacts from the USA. They were handed over to India, by the US during Indian Prime Minister Modi's visit. The USA President Joe Biden expressed commitment to strengthening efforts to combat theft, illicit trade and trafficking of cultural objects. In 2019, an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) t...
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