Ranjit Singh was known for using
the diamond on her arm. British manipulated his son Duleep Singh in the
surrender of his kingdom to the British when he was a child and took him to
England where he grew up under the supervision of Queen Victoria. Sophia Duleep
Singh and his siblings were born in England (his mother was half German, half
of Abyssinia).
Born in 1876, the achievements of
Sophia Duleep Singh for the advancement of women in Britain and elsewhere were
immense and their contributions to the liberation movement of India were
significant. Bred in England in the late 19th century, which was at the head of
the early feminist movement, women suffragettes who fought for women's right to
vote in Britain in the 1920s.
As an Indian princess and
goddaughter of Queen Victoria, who occupied the access privilege that few
British women may have entertained at that time. She combines her leadership
skills and fame to work for the improvement of the general welfare rather than
focusing on any ethnic or religious community. As women gained the right to
vote in the West, many other rights and privileges followed.
(Photo courtesy of
Wikipedia)
Interestingly, what fueled the
passion of Sophia Duleep Singh for suffragette movement was the independence
movement of India. While on a trip to India for the first time as an adult, he
was inspired by freedom fighters Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Lala Lajpat Rai to
fight for social progress in general. This includes support for the liberation
of India and oppression of any kind.
Later in life, during World War
I, he offered his services as a nurse to Indian soldiers wounded. It also
provided shelter and gave access to adequate clothing to dress horribly treated
40,000 workers transporting goods between India and Britain by the British Raj.
When Sophia Duleep Singh happened
in 1948 shortly after the partition, which left three separate funds for
Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs girls schools.
Why his name was suppressed
powder is probably due to three factors. One was that as a byproduct of that
time, many of those in power, as Winston Churchill, opposed his views on the
rights of women. And so, like many suffragettes (activists voting rights) of
the time, his name was left in the dark. The other was the threat of a riot in
the sympathy of the Indians towards her. The third is because she lived and died
outside the Indian subcontinent many thesis did not know her to regain her.
I feel it is right to claim the
Kohinoor diamond by meeting their contributions to herstory and the principles
it represents. Because many of the rights and privileges we have today are
because of people like her.
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