This Historian Reveals the Punjabi Princesses Erased From Kensington Palace

Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, raised at Elveden Hall in Suffolk and goddaughter to Queen Victoria. Then she became one of Britain’s most fearless suffragettes. Her sisters were even more extraordinary. I sat down with Dr Mishka Sinha, Curator for Inclusive History at Historic Royal Palaces and the historian behind a landmark new exhibition at Kensington Palace, to tell the full story of three daughters of Maharaja Duleep Singh who used their privilege, their pain and their fury to fight the very empire that shaped them.

You can listen to This Historian Reveals the Punjabi Princesses Erased From Kensington Palace online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

This Historian Reveals the Punjabi Princesses Erased From Kensington Palace is an episode from The ਸੋਚ (Sōch) Podcast by Ramblings of a Sikh.

This episode is 00:29:24 long.

This episode was published on May 27, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from The ਸੋਚ (Sōch) Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.