From the Life in the Sikh Kingdoms collection ·
The full story
A mother and son inherited a court in crisis. Jind Kaur served as regent for the young Duleep Singh, but British expansion brought imprisonment, annexation and forced separation. Reunited in 1861, they travelled to England together. Their portraits hold both royal dignity and the human cost of a lost kingdom.
A mother. A young Maharaja.
Duleep Singh became Maharaja in 1843, aged five. His mother, Maharani Jind Kaur, acted as regent during a period of crisis at the Lahore court.
A kingdom lost.
British expansion brought separation and imprisonment. Duleep Singh surrendered his sovereignty in 1849. Mother and son reunited in 1861 and travelled to England.
What survives a kingdom?
Their stories invite you to consider family, displacement and the memories carried beyond the empire’s fall. The character artwork of Jind Kaur appears alongside Winterhalter’s 1854 portrait of Duleep Singh.
Research & sources
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