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Princess Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh (/ s ə ˈ f aɪ. ə / sə-FY-ə; [1] 8 August 1876 – 22 August 1948) was a prominent suffragette in the United Kingdom. Her father was Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh, who had lost his Sikh Empire to the Punjab Province of British India and was subsequently exiled to England.
Duleep Singh, aged 16, on the Lower Terrace of Osborne House, Isle of Wight in 1854. In 1853, under the tutelage of his long-time retainer Bhajan Lal (himself a Christian convert), he converted to Christianity at Fatehgarh Sahib with the approval of the Governor-General Lord Dalhousie.
Photograph of three daughters (Sophia, Bamba, and Catherine) of Maharaja Duleep Singh and Bamba Müller in 1894. When Bamba decided to move to India, she hired a companion. The lady selected was Hungarian Jew, Marie Antoinette Gottesmann, whose father was an Austro-Hungarian government official from the Jewish upper class circles of Budapest.
Catherine in centre with Bamba on the left and Sophia on the right Princess Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh (before 1940) Singh was born on 27 October 1871 at Elveden Hall, Suffolk, in England. She was the second daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh and Bamba Müller.
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh lived in a grace and favour apartment in Hampton Court Palace and had a pitch outside where she sold The Suffragette. [10] Copies were also sold at public events like the Henley Royal Regatta in July 1913. [11] In 1913, a memorial issue was released commemorating the death of Emily Wilding Davison. [12] [13]
Lioness is an upcoming historical drama film written and directed by Kajri Babbar. The film centres on two British-Punjabi women living in England a century apart. One of the stories is based on the life of Sophia Duleep Singh, the Princess of Punjab and one of the key leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom, who is portrayed by Paige Sandhu.
Bamba, Catherine and Sophia Duleep Singh. He had a secret meeting with Princess Sophia Duleep Singh and Princess Bamba Sutherland as they were doing a secret trip across their lands. [24] They were the granddaughters of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Emperor of the Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and the North Western Frontier Province. [24]
The infobox states that Sophia Duleep Singh was born at Elveden Hall, whereas the 'Early life' section mentions Belgravia. According to this listed source she actually was born in Belgravia and raised at Elveden, so perhaps that's the reason for this confusion.