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SOPHIA DULEEP SINGH – PRINCESS, SUFFRAGETTE, REVOLUTIONARY

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, British Indian Suffragette 3

Recently been reading more and more about the Suffragettes movement and how it all came about, and I was fascinated to discover that Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, the daughter of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in Punjab and his Christian missionary German/Ethiopian wife, was a prominent figure who pioneered the cause of women’s rights in Britain.

Realising this, being a British Sikh myself born and bred here in London, this prompted me to delve deeper into her unique story which was unbeknown to me all these years.…

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