Bamba Sutherland

Princess Bamba Sutherland (29 September 1869 – 10 March 1957) was a member of the royal family that ruled the Sikh Empire in the Punjab. After a childhood in England, she settled in Lahore, the capitol 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 at her house in Lahore like Lala Lajpat Rai.

Princess Bamba Duleep Singh
Princess of Punjab
Photograph by Lafayette Studio (before 1940)
BornBamba Sofia Jindan Duleep Singh
(1869-09-29)29 September 1869
London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died10 March 1957(1957-03-10) (aged 87)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Burial
SpouseDavid Waters Sutherland
Names
Bamba Sofiá Jindan
FatherDuleep Singh
MotherBamba Müller
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