According to The Express Tribune newspaper, Dev Singh Sidhu from Amritsar, Punjab, travelled to Pakistan to observe the 185th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and conduct religious ceremonies.
The nine-foot statue of Sikh warrior Maharaja Ranjit Singh was vandalised by radical extremists in Pakistan three times in the past. The statue was restored and will be unveiled on the occasion of the Maharaja's death anniversary on June 27 (Wednesday).
The protesters gathered at Teen Murti area of diplomatic enclave Chanakya Puri were stopped by the police at a barricade near Pakistan High Commission compound.
The nine-feet statue was unveiled at Lahore Fort complex in June 2019. The statue, made of bronze, was installed to mark the 180th death anniversary of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Jewels that once belonged to Maharani Jindan Kaur, the last wife of Sikh Empire ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and which were later inherited by her granddaughter, Princess Bamba Sutherland, were among the highlights of an auction in London.
A statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was vandalised on Saturday by two men in this Pakistani city. The nine-feet statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was unveiled at the Lahore Fort in June.
Pakistan Monday issued visas to 463 Indian Sikh pilgrims who are going to that country to observe the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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