Sophia Duleep Singh, a princess who fought for women's voting rights in the UK, remains a little-known figure in India, the country of her ancestry. In 1910, ...

Born in 1876, Sophia was the daughter of the exiled Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh - the last Sikh Maharaja of the Punjab before direct British rule of India - and she was a goddaughter of Queen Victoria.

A blue plaque honouring a suffragette Indian princess has been unveiled at her former home in south-west London. Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union ...

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh born in 1876 was the Princess of Punjab, the granddaughter of the great Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and the Goddaughter of Queen Victoria.

Yet, that is precisely what Princess Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh did. The daughter of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, Catherine blazed her own trail and defied social norms.

Sophia Duleep Singh, a princess who fought for women's voting rights in the UK, remains a little-known figure in India, the country of her ancestry. In 1910, she was part of a delegation of 300 ...

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Born in 1876, Sophia was the daughter of the exiled Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh - the last Sikh Maharaja of the Punjab before direct British rule of India - and she was a goddaughter of Queen Victoria.