From the Life in the Sikh Kingdoms collection ·
The full story
Jind Kaur was more than a royal consort. As mother of the young Maharaja Duleep Singh, she became regent during the troubled years after Ranjit Singh’s death. Her political life unfolded amid struggles at court, an increasingly powerful army and the expansion of the British East India Company.
Her story also reaches beyond the palace. Separated from her son in 1847, she escaped confinement and found refuge in Nepal. Mother and son were reunited in 1861 after more than thirteen years apart. Her life connects the history of sovereignty with the personal costs of displacement and separation.
This Founders’ Edition presents an imagined royal portrait. Its serene expression and elaborate dress are artistic choices, not evidence that her life was serene or that these exact ornaments belonged to her. Pair it with “Letter from Exile” to explore a second side of her story: a mother and political figure remembered far from Lahore.
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