To the memory of the Maharani of the Punjab; Jind Kaur (1817-1863) Kensal Green Cemetery

It’s nice to see that, at the Dissenter’s Chapel in Kensal Green Cemetery, someone has left flowers for Maharani Jind Kaur (1817-1863) and draped her wall plaque in fairy lights. Jind Kaur was the youngest of the wives of Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), the founder and first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. She bore Ranjit one son, Duleep Singh who inherited his father’s throne at the age of 5 after his…