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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.
Sophia Duleep Singh (1876–1948) – had leading roles in the Women's Tax Resistance League, and the WSPU; Margaret Skinnider (1892–1971) Ethel Smyth (1858–1944) – composer of "The March of the Women", writer
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.
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.
Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh (8 August 1876 – 22 August 1948) was a prominent suffragette in the United Kingdom. Her father was Maharaja Duleep Singh, son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh known as the Lion of the Punjab, who abdicated his kingdom of Punjab to the British Raj due to political maneuvering by Governor-General Dalhousie in British India.
Prominent British-Indian suffragette Sophia Duleep Singh, the third daughter of the exiled Sikh Maharajah Duleep Singh, campaigned for support for the British Indian Army and lascars working in the Merchant Navy. She also joined a 10,000-woman protest march against the prohibition of a volunteer female force.
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.
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]