Amandeep Madra
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He is a regular contributor to the media on topics relating to Sikh and Punjabi heritage and history[3][4]. He was a contributor to a BBC 4 Television documentary on Maharaja Duleep Singh[5] and provided commentary on the topic in the media[6]. Amandeep is a recognised expert on the role of Sikhs in the First World War after his role as a curator of the 'Empire, Faith & War' exhibition at the Brunei Gallery, University of London in 2014[7]. He has provided commentary and insight to a variety of media outlets on this topic[8][9]
Amandeep has acted as a curator for three public exhibitions by the UK Punjab Heritage Association at the Brunei Gallery at SOAS, The University of London. in 2011, 'The Golden Temple of Amritsar: Reflections of the Past', the 2014 'Empire Faith & War:Sikhs and World War One'[10] and in 2018 'Empire of the Sikhs'[11]
During the 100th anniversary of the Amritsar Massacre of 1919 in 2019 Amandeep provided media commentary on the topic to the BBC [12], and newspapers around the world. His co-authored work was referenced in the UK Parliament during a debate on a possible State apology for the massacre[13].
Amandeep is a member of the Special Committee on Non Commemoration established by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission which seeks to set out the definitive position of the CWGC regarding the commemoration by name of all Empire war dead of the two World Wars; identifying gaps, and proposing how these can be rectified[14]
Publications
He has co-authored five books on Sikh history all with Parmjit Singh
Warrior Saints: Three Centuries of Sikh Military Tradition (IB Tauris, London, 1999)[15]. Reviewed by the Indian Ambassador to the US, Navtej Sarna in The Hindu[16]
"Sicques, Tigers, or Thieves”: Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs (1606-1809) (Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2004)
The Golden Temple of Amritsar: Reflections of the Past (1808-1959) (Kashi House, London, 2011). Reviewed in The Times[17] and The Tribune (India)
Warrior Saints: Four Centuries of Sikh Military History (Kashi House, London, 2013). Featured in the BBC World News TV
Eyewitness at Amritsar: A Visual History of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (Kashi House, London, 2019)
Contributed articles on Udham Singh[18] and Maharaja Duleep Singh[19] for the New Dictionary of National Biography
Awards
He was awarded a Points of Light award for voluntary service in 2014 by Prime Minister, David Cameron[20]
He was awarded an Order of the British Empire in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Sikh and Punjabi Heritage and Culture
References
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