UK museum receives £2,00,000 grant to showcase Maharaja Duleep Singh's legacy

A UK museum has been awarded a £2 lakh grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Such a large amount is given to mark the legacy of Maharaja Dalip Singh, the last ruler of the Sikh Empire. According to a report, the Ancient House Museum in Thetford, Norfolk, was given this amount on its 100th anniversary. This museum was founded in 1924 by Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, son of Maharaja Duleep Singh.

The £1,98,059 ($2,51,712.99) grant will be used to tell the family's story through an exhibition, the report said. Maharaja Dulip Singh was the youngest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who founded the Sikh Empire in Punjab in 1799.

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In this regard, Norfolk County Council said, the new exhibits include a magnificent 'treasure' of Anglo-Punjab history, a model of Alvedon Hall, a loan of Dalip Singh's portrait and a display showing the family's contribution and activism to achieve universal suffrage. will include The museum will also display family items, such as Dulip Singh's walking stick, which was given to him by King Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales.

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