Sikhs Collection

Partition. Map of East and West Punjab
The areas of the Western and Eastern Punjab where there were many outbreaks of violence between Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus following Partition and the creation of modern India and Pakistan

Battle of Sobraon 1846
BATTLE OF SOBRAON Sir Hugh Gough defeats a much larger army of Sikhs by skilful strategy and hard fighting - the last battle of the first Sikh war

The Golden Temple, Amritsar, 1913
In the water of immortality: the heart of the Sikh religion. Eastern and western architecture in the sacred tank of Amritsar

Brit. Troops Moved by Air
British Sikh forces of occupation moved by air to crush the Kurdish insurrection

Lance Corporal of Ludhiana Sikhs
Lance-Naik (Lance Corporal) of the Ludhiana Sikhs. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Three Sikh men, India. Date: 1843

Interior of Golden Temple at Amritsar, 1858
Interior of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, India (spelt here as Umritzir), 1858. Gurus reading the Grunt h (or Granth). The Guru is sitting before the Grunt h (sacred text)

Sikhs of the Indian Army in France during World War I
Sikhs of the Indian Army on the march in France during World War I. Date: 1914

Chitral Expedition
Members of the Chitral Expedition, including Lieut. Cheyne, Capt. C.R Ross, Major Sawyer, Capt. Gordon, Lieut. Henderson and a Sikh priest. 14th Ferozepore Sikhs. Date: April 13 1895

Sikh soldiers resting in a French building, WW1
Sikh soldiers (regiment unidentified but likely to be The 15th Sikhs) resting in a building on the Western Front during the First World War

Sikh Soldiers - 15th Regiment - at Hampton Court Palace Date: 1902

British army India, Colonel Brownlow, 1st Sikhs 1866
Vintage 19th century photograph - British army in India, 1860s - Colonel Brownlow and men of the !st Sikhs 1866

First-aid post near the Jami Masjid Mosque in Old Delhi
Wounds being dressed at the post before the people were sent on to refugee camps which have had to be established on the outskirts of the city since the outbreak of communcal massacres

George, Prince of Wales in India at Amritsar, 1906
The Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary), on their tour of India, viewing the Golden Temple at Amritsar, which stands in the Pool of Immortality

India (19th c. ). British India Sikh Soldiers in
India (19th c.). British India Sikh Soldiers in Egypt. Officers and men of the British India: Urbel Singh - 13th Bengal Lancers. November 18, 1882. The Ilustrated London News. Engraving

The Golden Temple, Amritsar, 1858
Sacred tank and marble causeway leading to the Golden Temple in Amritsar (or Umritzir as it is spelt here), in India; the centre of the Sikh religion. Date: 1858

The Golden Temple, Amritsar
Religion of the Sikhs. View of the Golden Temple at Amritsar in 1836. People bathe in the Pool of the Nectar of Immortality, the holy waters. Date: 1836

Indian police force - Punjab
Indian police - Punjab - (from left, in marching order) A sergeant, a Constable, a Native Officer and another Sergeant. Date: 1905

Map of India Shewing the Lines of Railways, Telegraphs?
?Map of India Shewing the Lines of Railways, Telegraphs, and Dawk Routes?, specially engraved for the Indian Traveller?s Guide (nd); from papers collected by J P K Murphy, 52nd Sikhs and 9th Hodson

Group photo, No. 4 Mountain Battery RGA cricket team, India
Group photo, No. 4 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery cricket team with sports shields and guns, Rawalpindi, India. Date: circa 1923

Good Day for Battle
ASTROLOGY IN INDIA The court astrologer at Lahore calculates a favourable day on which his master should do battle and lead the Sikhs to victory Date: 1846

Sikh soldiers in France during the First World War stealthily creep up on a German artillery battery. Date: 1915

Indian and British soldiers in Northern France, WW1
East and West in Northern France - the contrast of a British and Indian officer on the Western Front in 1915. One of a number of sketches by an unidentified officer reproduced in The Sphere to

The 15th Sikhs, WW1
The 15th Sikhs regiment, serving on the Western Front during the First World War. Part of a number of sketches reproduced in The Sphere by an unidentified officer to accompany an article called

Indian patriotism during World War I
Indian soldiers who came forward to serve the Empire in its hour of need are recognised in this full-page article in The Illustrated London News. Included are Shiva D. L. Agarwala, Mr G.V

Indian troops smoking in the trenches during World War I
Sikhs and Hindus in the trenches take turns at drawing tobacco-smoke through a straw. Date: 1915

Arrival of Indian troops in Marseilles, France, 1914
The arrival of the Indian Expeditionary Force in France in 1914 : how the Sikhs and Gurkhas travelled 4500 miles from India to Marseilles. The arrival of the Indian troops at the camp at Marseilles

Jat Sirdars with attendant, India
Three Jat Sirdars (Sikh leaders) with attendant, India. Date: circa 1890s

An Indian soldier
A Sikh Indian soldier. Date: circa 1913

Indian Sepoy soldiers at the Western Front - WWI
Colonial Indian Sepoy officer and soldiers travel by train to the the Western Front - WWI Date: circa 1917

Afghan War / Ali Musjid
An Anglo-Indian encampment in the pass of Ali Musjid, in the Khyber. In the foreground can be seen the advance guard of the 14th Sikhs. Date: 1878

Sikhs flee from West to East Punjab
A Sikh man with his children in one of the caravans leaving the West Punjab region for the comparative safety of the East Punjab

Partition. Refugees crossing the border between Pakistan
A lorryload of Sikh and Hindu refugees about to cross the Wagah Bridge between Pakistan and India to escape the mass killings and atrocities between Muslims

Partition - burning towns and villages in East Punjab
Aerial view above the East Punjab showing towns and village inhabited by Muslims which have been burned by Sikh Jathas (warriors) seeking to rid the area of Muslims

Muslim Refugees heading to Pakistan
Two trains packed with Muslim refugees en route from Delhi to Pakistan. A bulging, writhing target trainload of refugees was attacked by Sikhs at Amritsar on 22nd September

Refugee Sikhs march toward the East Punjab
Part of a long column of refugee Sikhs marching across the East Punjab to escape the sectarian religious violence sparked by the partition of India

Long caravan of refugee Sikhs heading to Pakistan
A long column of refugee Sikh flee East Punjab to safety in Pakistan following the violent sectarian aftermath of the partition of India

Sikhs on the march
Indian troops on the march in September 1914. The Sikhs are identified by a stell quoit, the old-time national battlefield weapon of the Sikhs, in the Sepoys turbans

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