Priya Atwal on her book 'Royals and Rebels' at the UKPHA bookclub interviewed by Jassa Ahluwalia
Dr Priya Atwal in conversation with Jassa Ahluwalia shines fresh light on the kingdom of Ranjit Singh in conversation with actor, writer and filmmaker Jassa Ahluwalia. Her new book ‘Royals and Rebels’ looks beyond the empire’s founding father to restore the queens and princes to the story of this empire’s spectacular rise and fall. She brings to life a self-made ruling family, inventively fusing Sikh, Mughal and European ideas of power, but eventually succumbing to gendered family politics, as the Sikh Empire fell to its great rival in the new India: the British.
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An interesting discussion & fresh angle on Punjabi history. I enjoyed it as it's between 2 young Punjabi people educated in UK, bringing a lot of important cultural understanding to their research. Thank you.
Thanks very much for this. I have always wanted to know about the role of Sikh women in that era. I had no idea Ranjit Singh had so many wives and muslims included among them.
Thank you!
The term Sikh Empire is largely misleading and it is a colonial legacy and anchor used it either intentionally or unconsciously but its use make that empire controversial among majority Non Sikh Punjabis.
@hst2016
3 жыл бұрын
What are you talking about? Why is it controversial for non-sikhs. People of all faiths lived freely under maharaja Ranjit Singh's rule.
@gurdeepcheema1527
3 жыл бұрын
Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s empire had a population of about 6-7% Sikh and the rest Hindu and Muslim but they lived under the Sikh Ruler and his Kingdom. And to say they lived peacefully and successfully is witnessed in the decades of peace during his reign and the turmoil that followed at the demise of the kingdom
That's a lot of laddoo's 😂
Is this guy not a Gora?
@wujatt36
3 жыл бұрын
"Both Not Half"
@kanwargill2589
2 жыл бұрын
@@wujatt36 😂😂