Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary- Anita Anand
Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary- Anita Anand In 1876 Sophia Duleep Singh was born into royalty. It was a territory irresistible to the British, who plundered it of everything, including…
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Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary- Anita Anand
In 1876 Sophia Duleep Singh was born into royalty. It was a territory irresistible to the British, who plundered it of everything, including the fabled Koh-I-Noor diamond.Exiled to England, the dispossessed Maharajah transformed his estate at Elveden in Suffolk into a Moghul palace, stocked with leopards, monkeys, and exotic birds. Her father, Maharajah Duleep Singh, was heir to the Kingdom of the Sikhs--a realm that stretched from the lush Kashmir Valley to the craggy foothills of the Khyber Pass, and included the mighty cities of Lahore and Peshawar.
But when, in secret defiance of the British government, she traveled to India, she returned a revolutionary.Sophia devoted Sophia, goddaughter of Queen Victoria, was raised a genteel aristocratic Englishwoman: presented at court, afforded lodgings at Hampton Court Palace, and photographed wearing the latest fashions.