Free exhibition about Sikh history being held at Walsall's New Art Gallery
The Coinage of the Great Sikh Empire exhibition is being held at Walsall's New Art Gallery on Saturday.
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The free exhibition is on from 1pm until 4pm and is part of the annual Vaisakhi celebrations in the Black Country.
Exhibits include the rise of the Sikh Empire (1801-1849), from the Sikh Gurus (1469-1708), the first Khalsa rule (1710-1716), the Sikh Confederacy (716-1783), the rarities Raja Duleep Singh (1838-1893) and the East India Company and subsequent British Administration up to 1947.
Kohli Ravinder Pal Singh, from Global Sikh Vision, said: "The exhibition will be open to all communities on a ‘Free entry - All welcome’ basis enhancing peace, tolerance and harmony among all communities.
"Coinage of the Great Sikh Empire is a carefully curated, strategically chalked-out Sikh-led socio-community cohesion event."