Bamba Sutherland
Princess Bamba Sutherland (29 September 1869 – 10 March 1957) was the last surviving member of the royal family that had ruled the Sikh Empire in the Punjab. After a childhood in England, she settled in Lahore, the capital of what had been her father's kingdom, where she was a suffragette and a passionate advocate of self rule and independence of India. She was a close and personal friend of Indian revolutionaries whom she hosted like Lala Lajpat Rai.
| Princess Bamba Duleep Singh | |||||
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| Princess of Punjab | |||||
Singh at her debut, Buckingham Palace, 1894 | |||||
| Born | Bamba Sofia Jindan Duleep Singh 29 September 1869 London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | ||||
| Died | 10 March 1957 (aged 87) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||
| Burial | Christian Cemetery, Gulbarg, Lahore | ||||
| Spouse | David Waters Sutherland | ||||
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| Father | Duleep Singh | ||||
| Mother | Bamba Müller | ||||
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