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The Maharajah's box

by Christopher Campbell, Christy Campbell

Cover of The Maharajah's box
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One of the "dormant accounts" held in a Swiss bank is not that of a Jewish victim of the Holocaust, but that of Duleep Singh, last Emperor of the Sikhs, who was forced - as a nine-year-old - to sign away the Punjab and the Koh-i-Noor to Queen Victoria. This is his story, and its repercussions.

Politics and governmentKings and rulersBiographyHistoryPunjab (India)Duleep Singh,Biography & AutobiographyBiography / AutobiographyBiography/AutobiographyMaharajah,Historical - GeneralAsia - India