UK Punjab Heritage Association
ਯੂਕੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਹੈਰੀਟੇਜ ਐਸੋਸੀਏਸ਼ਨ | |
| Founded | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Amandeep Madra OBE |
| Founded at | London, England |
| Type | non-governmental organization |
| Legal status | Registered British charity |
| Focus | Heritage organization covering Punjab's arts, literature, history, and traditions. |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Chairman | Amandeep Madra OBE |
Volunteers | 20 |
| Website | www |
UK Punjab Heritage Association [UKPHA] is a British charity which describes itself as a heritage organisation covering Punjab's arts, literature, history and traditions.
History[edit]
UKPHA was launched in London in 2001 after two friends Amandeep Singh Madra and Parmjit Singh started travelling to museums, academic institutions, private collections and libraries around both the UK and the Indian subcontinent and discovered a huge wealth of material relating to the legacy of Punjabi and Sikh culture including manuscripts, paintings, drawings, arms and armour and rare photos.[1]
They successfully received £450,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2013 to research the contributions of Sikh soldiers and the First World War [2] and have been working with a number of British institutions including SOAS, [3] Brighton Museum and the V&A Museum to deliver their projects.
UKPHA's work[edit]
Some of the events that UKPHA has organised include:
- 2001: A talk on Sikh historical photographs at the V&A Museum[4]
- 2011: The Golden Temple exhibition, at SOAS[5]
- 2014: Exhibition titled 'Empire, Faith & War' marking the contribution of Sikhs during the Great War at SOAS[6]
- 2015: A talk on Sikh soldiers in the First World War at Brighton Museum[7]
- 2016: The launch of an interactive soldier map displaying the records of 8000 Sikh soldiers[8]
In 2014 there were discussions within the British Sikh community regarding whether the last King of the Sikh nation should be returned back to India. UKPHA suggested that Maharaja Duleep Singh should be left in the UK as per the last will written by Duleep Singh.[9]
Awards and nominations[edit]
The current Chairman of UKPHA, Amandeep Singh Madra, received an OBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours for his voluntary services to Sikh and Punjabi heritage.[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Championing Sikh and Punjabi Culture - Points of Light". Points of Light. 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ "Sikh soldiers' Great War effort told at last". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ "Empire, Faith and War: The Sikhs and World War One Exhibition, SOAS, University of London". www.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ webmaster@vam.ac.uk, Victoria and Albert Museum, Online Museum, Web Team,. "Sikh Historical Photographs". www.vam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ Talwar, Divya (2011-08-25). "Temple tales chart Sikh history". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ Atwal, Kay. "First World War: Exhibition marks contribution of Sikhs during the Great War". Newham Recorder. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ "Meet the UK Punjab Heritage Association Team | Gateways to the First World War". www.gatewaysfww.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ "New website 'empirefaithwar' to map Sikh experience in WWI". The Indian Express. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ Khatkar, Perminder (2014-07-04). "The tale of the last Sikh maharajah". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ "Amandeep MADRA". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
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