Singh Collection

A Jaipur Allegory
Look Out, The Elephants Coming! An artists impression of the dominant Jaipur Polo team. Having won the Indian Polo Association Championship in December 1932

Maharaja of Patiala / Stamp
MAHARAJA BHUPINDER SINGH (1891 - 1938) Ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. He served on the General Staff in France, Belgium

Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala playing cricket
Maharajah Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (1891 - 1938) playing cricket. Perhaps best known for his extravagance, the Maharajah nevertheless worked for the betterment of social conditions within his

Guru Nanek / Govind Singh
GURU NANEK DEV (right) Founder of the Sikh religion, pictured here with GOVIND SINGH (1666 - 1708), the tenth and last of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh (1876 - 1948), daughter of Maharajah Duleep Singh and his first wife, Bamba Muller. She was a prominent suffragette and leader of the Womens Tax Resistance League

Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Indian ruler
Bhupinder Singh (1891-1938), ruling Maharaja of the state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. He is perhaps the most famous Maharaja of Patiala, best known for his extravagance, and for being a cricketer

The Re-cut Koh-i-noor Diamond, 1852
Engraving of the re-cut Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, 1852. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab

Hindu Scriptures / Lahore
Ranjit Singh reads the Hindu scriptures on the roof of the palace at Lahore. He was the founder of the Punjab Empire and a Sikh leader

British Howitzer inspected by Maharaja of Patiala, WW1
A British 12 inch Mark III railway Howitzer being inspected by the Maharaja of Patiala (Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, 1891-1938) on the Western Front near Borre in France during the First World War

Maharaja of Bharatpur / Stamp
MAHARAJA SIR KISHAN SINGH, KCSI (1899 - 1929) Ruling Maharaja of the princely state Bharatpur (1918 - 1929) and successor of Maharani Girraj Kaur

Sir Pertab (Pratap) Singh, Maharaja of Idar, Indian ruler
Sir Pertab (Pratap) Singh (1845-1922), Maharaja of Idar (Gujarat), Indian ruler, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

The Uncut Koh-i-noor Diamond, c. 1851
Engraving of the Koh-i-noor ( mountain of light ) diamond, in its original state, circa 1851. Previously owned by the Mogul emperors, the Persian Shahs and Ranjit Singh, the Lion of the Punjab

H H Maharajah of Upaipur
His Highness Maharana Dhiraj Sir Fateh Singh Bahadur, G.C.S.I. Maharana of Udaipur (Vydepore) in the robes of the Order of the Star of India. Date: circa 1905

Sir Pratap Singh of Idar, Delhi Durbar, India

Prince Ranjit Singh, Delhi Durbar, India

Prince Rajit Singh, Delhi Durbar, India

India - Gwalior Man Singh Palace early 1900s

Maharajah of Nabha
Portrait of Maharaja Ripudaman Singh (4 March 1883 ?? 12 December 1942). Later known as Sardar Gurcharan Singh, was the Maharaja of Nabha from 1911 to 1928, when he was deposed by the British

Maharajah of Jodhpur
Maharaja Sir Sumer Singh (14 January 1898 ?? 3 October 1918) seen here on horseback in traditional Indian clothing. He was Maharaja of Jodhpur from 20 March 1911 to 3 October 1918

The Queen- Empress riding into Delhi. Mary of Teck (May 1867 ??March 1953) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from the accession of her husband,  King George V

Maharaja of Patiala
The little boy is the Ticca Sahib, who succeeded his father, H.H. Rajendra Singh Mahendra Bahadur, G.C.S.I. who died on November 8, as Maharajah of Patiala in India

Bhagvat Singh, Maharaja of Gondal, Indian ruler
Bhagvat Singh (Bhagvatsingh Sahib, 1865-1944), Maharaja of Gondal, Indian ruler, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Maharajah of Bikanir (Bikaner), Indian ruler
Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh (1880-1943), Reformist ruler of Bikaner in present-day Rajasthan, India, First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Maharajah of Bharatpur, Indian ruler
Sir Kishan Singh, Maharajah of Bharatpur (1899-1929), Indian ruler, and ally of Britain during the First World War. Date: circa 1913-1914

Royal Review, Buckingham Palace, London
Royal Review at Buckingham Palace, London, showing King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, George, Prince of Wales, Princess Victoria of Wales, Earl Roberts, Colonel Aslar Khan

The Maharajah goes a-cricketing
The Maharajah of Patiala having his pads adjusted before going in to bat. Date: 1911

The Indian as a Flying Man, WW1
1918 article from The Graphic reporting on the increase in Indians in the air service during the First World War. Date: 1918

Harbijhan Singh - Indian cricketer Date: 1990s - 2000s

Shamshir sword with scabbard, nd. Possibly belonging to Maharajah Ranjit Singh (1780-1839). Associated with Maj William Stephen Raikes Hodson, Hodsons Horse

Princess Victor Duleep Singh (Lady Anne Coventry)
Lady Anne Coventry, whose marriage to the bankrupt royal Sikh Prince Victor Duleep Singh in 1898 was controversial - it was the first time an English noblewoman had married an Indian prince

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

H. H. Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh / Stamp
Lieutenant-General MAHARAJA SRI SIR PRATAP SINGH SAHIB BAHADUR OF IDAR (1845 - 1922). A career British Indian Army soldier

H H The Maharaja of Jaipur and Miss Molly Jones
H H Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur (1911-1970) with Miss Molly Jones, at a party held by the Ladies Polo Association. Date: 1939

Full lemgth image of the Maharajah Sir Pratap Singh
The Maharajah was a career officer in the Indian Army and Commanded his forces in Flanders in 1914. WW1 Date: 1914

Jemadar Ram Sarup Singh
Ram Sarup Singh (1912-1944), Jemadar in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment in the British Indian Army. Posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in February 1945 for courage on 25th October 1944 in

Phola Singh Nihang. Watercolour by a Company artist, Punjab, 1865 (c). From the second of two volumes of watercolours titled, The Kingdom of the Punjab

The Maharaja of Jodhpur, India - Jaswant Singh II
Jaswant Singh II, GCSI, (1838-1895) - Maharaja of Jodhpur in India between 1873 and 1895. Date: circa 1894

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - Man Mandir Ghat
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India - regarded as the spiritual capital of India - the Man Mandir Ghat, built by Rajah Man Singh in 1600, showing Jai Singhs stone observatory on the roof Date: circa 1910s

Prince and Princess Victor Duleep Singh at Monte Carlo
Prince Victor Duleep Singh and his wife, formerly Lady Anne Coventry, in Monte Carlo where they were frequent visitors. The prince was declared bankrupt in 1902

Naik Darwan Sing Negi in Great War Deeds, WW1
Naik Darwan Sing Negi of the Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army, leading round the traverses at Festubert on the Western Front, winning the Victoria Cross for his bravery

Maharajah of Bharatpur, Indian ruler
Sir Kishan Singh, Maharajah of Bharatpur (1899-1929), Indian ruler, and ally of Britain during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

The Rani Prem Kaur of Kapurthala
H.H. The Rani Prem Kaur of Kapurthala, formerly Anita Delgardo (Delgado), famous Spanish flamenco dancer who married Maharajah Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala in 1908

Sika Rani Sahiba of Kapurthala, wife of Prince Amarjit Singh, heir to the Prince of Kapurthala, photographed during a visit to the UK. 1914

The Maharajah of Patiala
Bhupinder Singh (1891 - 1938) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. He is perhaps the most famous Maharaja of Patiala, best known for his extravagance

Jehangir Mahal Temple, Madhya Pradesh, India
The Jehangir Mahal Temple, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was built by Raja Bir Singh Ju Deo in the 17th century to commemorate the visit of Emperor Jehangir. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

The Sikh Bomber.Statuette on plinth with four silver plaques, with inscriptions.Silver by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Limited, hallmarked London, 1951-1952.The standing figure of Mohan Singh

Lord Canning and the Maharajah Rumbeer Singh of Cashmere
Lord Cannings return visit to the Maharajah of Cashmere. Interview at Sealkote on 9th March 1860 between the Maharajah Rumbeer Singh (Ranbir Singh) and his Excellency Lord Canning. Date: 1860

Scenes in India during the First World War
In the top photograph British Territorials rest during manoeuvres in a hilly district. The lower picture was taken at a public reception to Major-General Sardar Puran Singh Bahadur

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