Sophia Duleep Singh, The Suffragette Princess

The History Guy remembers Sophia Duleep Singh, Princess of the Sikh Empire, who fought for women's rights and was called, "the Suffragette Princess."
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[@mshavisham8964]

Truly enjoyed this. I had not heard of her involvement in GB's suffrage. What a woman to admire. She was truly a hero. Thanks again for teaching me about her.

[@romaray]

An excellent and timely reminder of this beautiful lady, the youngest daughter of Duleep Singh, and a granddaughter of the Lion of zPunjab. Thank you. RR at Delhi ! 🌹

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Triangle shirtwaist factory fire changed America...Women and workers rights established . Sikhs awesome People. Excellent content and quality lectures. Thank you.

[@DTavona]

Kaur is the Sikh word for princess, a title strictly reserved for women. In this case, she not only had by birth but seems to have earned by her fierce deeds. Thank you for sharing this one! Slainté

[@luckygrewal4421]

Thanks a lot...... for your great words.....being a kaur I respect you and your words

[@Ayush12345654321]

Wow, amazing I never knew this, Sikhs are held so high in my regards, Anything I'll say to praise this women will be less. Thanks again for bringing out such unheard aspects of history, which teaches us so many things.

[@CSmart-ln1qm]

"No vote, No Tax"" reminds of "no taxation without representation" during the American Revolution.

[@Peasmouldia]

The Coppers helmet was a nice touch. As a UK resident ,I'm ashamed to say I knew nothing of the Princess. As ever, an excellent vid.

[@araeagle3829]

Magnificent video. Thank you so much.

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Ty! I live how you correlate your story with the temperament of the society and large worldly events, it really helps with perspective!!

[@ikballalli5539]

Thank you for this. Great work

[@FastJetSet1]

What a great video by a great history guy of a great princess and Human Being who in the great Sikh tradition was only concerned about others...

[@FastJetSet1]

roselyn rajoo Thank you Roselyn , the Punjab , which gave the world the greatest Human Beings who have ever lived on planet Earth and the cradle of civilisation which is obliterated from mainstream academia because of racism and given away to the Muslims by the British government as the last insult to Sophia Daleep Singh's grandfather , Ranjit Singh, The Lion Of Punjab because they could not defeat him whilst he was alive, despite having the largest Empire the world has ever known ! Ironically the British are paying a karmic price for giving away the Sikh sovereign state of Punjab to the Hindus and Muslims and especially the Muslims , because the creation of Pakistan has been a disaster to the world with Pakistan being a nexus of regional and global Islamic Terror and the Pakistani immigrant community in Great Britain spearheading the Islamic takeover of Great Britain without any problems whatsoever so far, but the British are slowly waking up and civil war is extremely likely with the SIKHS being looked up to , to save it like in the two world wars ! So Sophia Daleep Singh's family may have the last laugh if the SIKHS save it from the monsters it created in 1947 !

[@FastJetSet1]

roselyn rajoo The madness of giving her Grandfather's sovereign state to the Muslims and Hindus has been a disaster for the entire world with Pakistan and India bastions of misogyny, sectarian hatred and violence against anything that moves ! The British government then didn't know what they were doing like they don't know what to do with the huge Pakistani population in Great Britain who are plotting and planning to take over Britain and turn it into an Islamic state for their Saudi Arabian masters ! Perhaps it's the 'KARMIC' price they're paying for such evil perpetrated against The Lion Of Punjab, Ranjit Singh only because they could not defeat him while he was alive !

[@luckygrewal4421]

@@FastJetSet1 I really appreciate as you addressed Maharaja Ranjit singh...Lion of punjab...... Thanks for bottom of my heart .......

[@FastJetSet1]

@@luckygrewal4421 thank you and yes we need to show our total respect for extraordinary Sikhs who give us the ultimate freedoms and Humanism in Human history, which is not that good a history !

[@luckygrewal4421]

@@FastJetSet1 yes sir....Sikhism is here to serve the humanity without any discrimination and always fights for human rights..................Indian farmer protest is also a battle of humanity.......

[@luckygrewal4421]

Thanks for precious information

[@dawnreneegmail]

Wonderful story, thanks‼️

[@aksandhu344]

Thank you, I am from Punjab India, you understood our king

[@v.e.7236]

Like you, History Guy, I love bold, strong and intelligent women. They represent a balance of forces, to me. A more thoughtful stance to offset the predominant male aggression.

[@cmonkey63]

History is only boring if you focus on names and dates. What brings history alive is knowing the lives of those who took part. This is what I like, an insight on the people that made history. So, thank you History Guy. :) Oh, and the age of vote should be like 35 or something. Have something to lose before you make your mark.

[@terryhickman7929]

I"m really enjoying your videos! Thanks! I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but has anyone requested an episode about Prudence Crandall? I think I first learned about her from a short mention in a biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton or Susan B. Anthony in the early 1970s. I tried to find out as much as I could, but then there was very little information available, especially to someone out in the middle of Iowa. I looked her up on Wikipedia and there's more. She was quite a heroic woman in the education of young black girls in Connecticut and her community's reaction proves that racism was not confined to the slave states. The lady had guts.

[@luciennerizk4549]

What a wonderful brave young lady!

[@matthewstefancin6972]

Do you think for one of your videos you could do the history of the Flag of Easton, PA? A small and often forgotten flag from early America.

[@CallieMasters5000]

Today's Black Friday can be just as chaotic & violent, but at Wal-Mart instead of Parliament. ;-)

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Callie Masters Lol True...

[@SirWilliamKidney]

So @5:03 "The [suffragette] movement had metastasized" ... might have been an unfortunate word choice. Otherwise, another brilliant video. Thanks THG!

[@singh3172]

Fact

[@kenhill3618]

just read the book found it hard too put down written by anita anand

[@backchat8086]

@roselyn rajoo google is your friend en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Duleep_Singh

[@backchat8086]

Actually the British did not originally invade the Sikh Punjab nor did they desire to. For various internal reasons mostly to do with differences between Jind Kaur and the Sikh Army (Khalsa) the Khalsa invaded British territory. They very nearly beat the British too but my point is that for once the British didn't actively go seeking to take an Empire. For one thing the Khalsa was an excellent and professional army which acted as a buffer from Afghanistan muslims. Another was that the East India Company didn't really have the resources. Also the opinion of many British back home was that the British simply didn't need to expand further.

[@youreright...1284]

actually it was just recenltly proven that the EIC slow poisoned RAnjit Singh to annex the sikh empire.

[@youreright...1284]

@@backchat8086 the east india company

[@davidpresnell1734]

We thru off the yoke of privilege in the revolutionary war. Are we now ready to accept it from our own politicians. This is the most odious of abuses propagated by the selfish on their fellow man. Resist- vote!

[@backchat8086]

I wonder who she was named Alexandra after? Maybe it was Alexander Gardner.

[@DesiiParii]

Sikh princess...... great rich history.. thank you

[@thehowlingmisogynist9871]

Well - Mr Degree in History - rich women were eligible to (and did) vote for the English Parliament with the Forty-Shilling Freehold/Franchise Act of 1430. On the same terms as rich men.

[@Mujangga]

Perhaps we should note the distinction between the Suffragettes and the Suffragists and at the time women couldn't vote, most *men* couldn't vote either and most women didn't want the vote. Forgotten history.

[@holgerdanske9067]

Queen Victoria despised feminists and suffragettes. She thought they all needed a good hiding.

[@shawngilliland243]

@Holger Danske - Queen Victoria may not have been far off the mark. Some of those suffragettes were absolutely obnoxious persons.

[@MM-jx4fu]

No sir, she wasn't known or recognized because she was POC.

[@tombombadil3185]

Dude, you have a hat fetish. History is how you support it. Wish I had as much to drive me!

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Tom Bombadil kinda. :)

[@C.O._Jones]

Hats are cool!

[@laserbeam002]

I still have never heard a good argument to deny women the right to vote nor to own slaves.

[@babluzen9925]

Thank you for doing this video Maharaja Ranjeet Singh's granddaughter... I wish her history was taught more formally in India... Indian women can use a role model like her to upend the entrenched patriarchial system

[@davidnavarromd]

Hey

[@Nour1476]

big fan :) can i get a shoutout on the next vid? thanks , keep up the good content :D

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

The shout out was because he recommended the topic, but will do. :)

[@CallieMasters5000]

She's born in 1876 and she's a "young debutante" in 1909... when she's 33? Isn't she a middle-aged woman by then?

[@TehOldGamer]

Looking forward to your episode on the terrorist attacks by the Suffragettes. Kibble Palace bombing, Northfield Library arson, Central London church bombings, etc, etc.

[@shawngilliland243]

@TehOldGamer - didn't the suffragette thugettes also set fire to one PM's house when he was inside?

[@knutdergroe9757]

This episode should have been called. "Heroic Sikh Princesse and Suffregette".

[@MrMedukneusha]

Welp...its been a century. Deciding on weather or not allowing women to vote being a good thing or a bad thing is pretty much settled. It wasnt.

[@holgerdanske9067]

Amen to that.

[@shawngilliland243]

@MrMedukneusha - Right you are, it wasn't. Or at least it hasn't yet been a good thing.

[@streetsmart1164]

HA !.. look where we're at now ! FRACK !

[@sswwaaf]

Shame on brit monarch imperalism forever

[@sandhuboyzunitedstateofpun1683]

Sophia daleep singh was last king of Punjab granddoghter . Then our king was die we was die now we are slave that time British take our blood British made India and Pakistan not made sikh home land

[@BlueBaron3339]

Another glimpse into a vanished era. Just one nit, and it has nothing to do with your work. I'm...well...old and I reckon it's time we relegate the word, heroine, into the bin that contains comedienne, and actress. There is no sexually relevant component to comedy, acting, heroism.

[@shawngilliland243]

@BlueBaron3339 - Change for the mere sake of change should always be rejected. Vive la diférence!

[@BlueBaron3339]

@@shawngilliland243 I was hoping that French phrase was also a glimpse into a vanished era but clearly I'm wrong. 😉 Hero and heroine is a distinction without a meaningful difference.

[@floriotj]

At this point in my life I'm convinced it was a mistake to give women the vote.

[@raspucin70]

Sweden being a glaring example of whole country going to h6ll due to feminist propaganda. And plenty example here in US as well

[@32shumble]

sleepercell - was your mother mentally unable to vote?

[@floriotj]

It's a joke. I was being satirical.

[@holgerdanske9067]

I hear you, brother. Women were GIVEN the right to vote while men had to EARN it. Women didn't suffer and die in war to earn their right, they stamoed their feet, harped, bitched, and cowed men into giving them something that men had o earn.