MHL 2017: Anglo Sikh Wars pop up exhibition

  Pop up exhibition at Military History Live 2017 Military History Live 24th June 2017 Leicester Adult Education College Leicester Leicesterā€™s 3rd ā€˜Military History Liveā€™ event took place on Saturday 24th June 10am-4pm at Leicester Adult Education (Belvoir Street), Ā an opportunity to explore the conflicts from the past that shape

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Anglo Sikh Wars 1845-1849 First ever 3D augmented reality exhibition launched in Leicester

From left to right – Councillor Piara Singh Clair, Head of Museums Sarah Levitt, Daljit Singh Makan, Head of SMI Gurinder Singh Mann, Captain Makand Singh, Captain Mark Hughes, SMI’s Raj Mann. First ever 3D augmented reality exhibition launched in Leicester: Anglo Sikh Wars 1845-1849 A new interactive exhibition, thought

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Battle of Ferozeshah discussed on BBC Radio Leicester

BBC Radio Leicester studios 09/12/2016 Gurinder Singh Mann, Head of the SMI was at BBC Radio Leicester on the Ben Jackson show. He was interviewed about the Battle of Ferozeshah, the second battle in the first Anglo Sikh War. He also talked about the Anglo Sikh Wars project: Battles, Treaties

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UK project to bring alive the Anglo-Sikh wars

The project has been featured in the Tribune newspaper in India.   Vikramdeep Johal,Ā Tribune News Service,Ā Chandigarh, October 24 Even as Britain salutes the Sikh contribution to its campaigns in World Wars I and II, a project has set out to achieve total recall of the two Anglo-Sikh Wars, fiercely fought

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