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Jindan’s gravestone unveiling in UK
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NORFOLK: This Wednesday, March 12, will see the unveiling of a Victorian headstone that marked the temporary resting place of Maharani Jindan Kaur. It will be performed at the Ancient House Museum, Thetford, Norfolk UK.

Popularly known as Maharani Jindan, she was Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s wife and mother of the tragic young last Sikh king figure, Maharaja Duleep Singh.

The 2x2 foot marble stone that had remained untouched beneath catacombs of the old Kensal Green Dissenters Chapel in northwest London for almost a century and half was discovered only last year, stunning experts on the survival of this piece of history, a report in a Chandigarh based edition of an Indian daily newspaper, said

The newspaper quoted the Chairman of Friends of the Cemetery, Barry Smith, saying that the stone was found “under tons of rubble” but did not say who spoke to him, where was he speaking from and when did he speak to, a style of reporting typical of small town Indian journalism.

“The stone, blackened by years of mould, was given to a local restorer to put the pieces together and clean marble back to gleaming white,” the report said, but did not quote any attribution.

It also quoted historian Peter Bance, described as “the translator who translated the inscription” as saying: “It was amazing that a relic of late Maharani had been discovered as she was in England for just two-and-half years.” The stone was also described as “an exceptional Sikh artifact”.

12 March 2008
 

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