Model Talk: London through a Sikh lens

Join Rav Singh as he weaves together stories from Sikh and Anglo-Sikh History over the last two centuries via a model talk at the NLA.

Following a short introduction, attendees will be able to choose from 30 familiar locations through which Rav will narrate a modern-day history of the Sikhs that spans the last 200 years in London. From the height of the Sikh Empire, to the annexation of the Kingdom of Lahore by the East India Company in 1849, to the arts of Punjab found in London, the Maharaja’s, Maharani’s and Maharajkumari’s of the Princely States, active recruitment of Sikhs into the Indian Army and their service in the theatres of War, the Indian Independence movement, the Partition of Punjab through to the recognition of the Sikh identity in UK law in 1982, this researched and innovative talk will introduce Sikh History via the buildings, spaces, institutions, and events in London.