| 19th
century Sikh warrior items newly catalogued
at the British Library |
 A
collection of personal effects which once
belonged to the renowned Sikh nationalist
Bhai Maharaj Singh have recently been re-catalogued
on the British Library’s India Office
Select Materials catalogue. Bhai Maharaj Singh
became an important leader during the second
Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49), waging a series
of revolts against the British, before he
was captured on December 28 1849 by Henry
Vansittart (1818-1896). 
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| ISLAMIC
CANDLESTICKS SELL FOR £30,000 |
 A
monumental pair of Islamic metalwork candlesticks
is to go under the hammer after being discovered
in a church in Lincolnshire. Bearing both
Koranic inscription and words from a Christian
hymn, these identical silver-inlaid brass
candlesticksstand 7' 7'' high on a 75cm base
and date from the 19th century. The rare candlesticks
are set to fetch around £30,000.
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| >LEICESTER
CITY MUSEUM SEEKS HELP OF SOUTH ASIANS |
 Leicester
City Museums Service is appealing for information
from the South Asian community. A very important
part of the city’s history is the military
service of the Leicestershire Regiment, which
served in pre-partition India. The museum
service is searching for links the Regiment
would have had with people living in pre-partition
India.
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| THE
CLIVE OF INDIA TREASURE SELLS FOR £4.7
MILLION |
 An
extraordinarily splendid jewelled jade flask
produced for the Mughal royal court in India
in the 17th century, sold at Christie's today
(27 April 2004) for £2,917,250. The
flask was the highlight of the Clive of India
Treasure, a rare collection of five Mughal
treasures bought back from India by Robert
Clive of India (1725-1774) which sold for
a total of £4,700,375.
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| NEW
ISLAMIC GALLERY AT THE V&A |
 Hartwell
plc, part of the Abdul Latif Jameel Group,
has given the Victoria & Albert Museum
a substantial donation to transform one of
its historic galleries into a fitting home
for the Museum’s superb collection of
Islamic art from the Middle East. The total
value of the gift is £5.4 million, which
is one of the most generous ever received
by the V&A.
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| IMAGES
OF A LOST EMPIRE |
 A
unique and important album of nineteenth-century
Indian watercolours compiled by Sir Thomas
Metcalfe has been acquired by the British
Library. The paintings show views of Mughal
and pre-Mughal monuments in Delhi.
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| SOUTH
ASIAN HERITAGE WEBSITE LAUNCHED |
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 The
last 200 years of South Asian migration
to England are explored on a new interactive
website, 'Moving
Here', was launched today, 30 July 2003
at London's City Hall. 'Moving Here' makes
over 150,000 digitised sources from 30 museums,
libraries and archives in England available
online for the first time. You can read
about the history of South Asian migration
to England and contribute your own stories.
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| ASIAN
HISTORY IN BRITAIN EXPLORED BY NEW WEBSITE |
|
 Asian
history, from the ancient civilisation of
the Indus Valley to the emergence of the
caste system and the creation of the British
Raj, forms the focus a new website called
"Black Presence" which explores
the history of Asian & Black people
in Britain from 1500 to 1850."Black
Presence which was launched on 30 June
2003 looks at the reasons why people of
Asian and Black origin came to Britain and
the way in which they contributed to and
influenced British society.
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VICTORIA &
ALBERT MUSEUM
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The Victoria & Albert
Museum has the world's largest collection
of Indian textiles with nearly 10,000 pieces
from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
as well as a modern day collection. It also
has a gallery, dedicated to Jawharlal Nehru,
that exhibits about one percent of this
collection.
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| BRAMAH
TEA & COFFEE MUSEUM |
 Tucked
away in Southwark Street between the Globe
Theatre and Borough Market in London is a
little gem - the Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum.
Run by Edward Bramah, who founded the museum
in 1992, it is the sort of place you would
least expect to find among the high-tech steel
edifices of modern London.
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| FOREIGN
& COMMONWEALTH OFFICE |
Strictly not a museum, the Foreign & Commonwealth
office opened its doors to the public for
the first time in the year 2000. Described
as the 'Jewel in the Crown' and the 'Wonder
of Whitehall' the Grade I Listed building
features the Durbar Court at its centre. Probably
best known as the office where Keith Vaz,
MP for Leicester East and Minister of State
for Europe, worked, visitors are allowed to
tour the Locarno Suite, the India Office Council
Chamber and the stunning Durbar Court.
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