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The Crown Jewels of the monarchy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are today kept in the Tower of London and date mostly to the 17th century, with a few later sparkling additions such as the Koh-i-Noor and Cullinan...

The Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) once again saw the British East India Company defeat the Sikh Empire in northern India. The war, which started off as a rebellion against British colonial rule, included the high-casualty Battle of Chillianwala...

The city of Mandu is situated about 35 km from Dhar in the Madhya Pradesh region of northern-central India. Most of the city's monuments date to the 15th and 16th century CE. The city is located on a hill which rises 633 m above the sea level...

The Battle of Ferozeshah (aka Forezeshur) on 21-22 December 1845 was one of four major battles during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company (EIC). The British relentlessly attacked the...

Hazuri Bagh Baradari (formerly known as Ranjit Singh's Baradari), built by Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1818, in Lahore, Pakistan. In Urdu, bara means "twelve," and dar means "door." Thus, baradari is the name given to a building...

An 1863 portrait of Maharani Jind Kaur who, from 1843, ruled as regent for her infant son Duleep Singh (l. 1838-1893), the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire which was dissolved after the Anglo-Sikh Wars (1846-9) with the Brtish East India...