An upcoming exhibition at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will feature a portrait of Maharani Bumba Duleep Singh, the wife of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last recognized Sikh monarch after the British annexed the Sikh empire in 1849. From wikipedia: Maharani Bamba Duleep Singh born Bamba Müller (July 6, 1848 – September 18, 1887) was the wife of Maharaja Duleep Singh. Brought up by Christian missionaries, she married Duleep Singh and became Maharani […]

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