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Duleep Singh, Suffragette Princess Sophia Alexandra
Sikh Museum Initiative
Published on Nov 22, 2015
BBC political journalist Anita Anand tells the fascinating and largely unknown story of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh - descendant of Sikh royalty( Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Maharaja Duleep Singh), goddaughter of Queen Victoria and pioneering suffragette. Bold and fearless, she marched alongside Emmeline Pankhurst in protest outside parliament, refused to pay her taxes until women got the vote, and even threw herself in front of prime minister Asquith's car.
http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref
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