Diary Dates
BACSA Newsletter readers, family and friends may be interested in the following events:
| Date / Time | Event | Place |
On now (until Sunday 12 Apr 2026) | ‘Flora Indica’ Exhibition of botanical illustrations by Indian artists commissioned by British botanists between 1790-1850. | Galleries 1-4, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, London TW9 3EG. Click here for further details. |
On now (until Sunday 12 Apr 2026)  | ‘Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire’ In an exhibition inspired by Kew’s botanical archives, Amrit and Rabindra Kaur Singh (‘the Singh twins’) explore ‘the deep connections between botany, empire and trade’. | Gallery 5, Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew Gardens, London TW9 3EG. Click here for further details. |
On now (until Monday 13 Apr 2026)   | ‘Beyond Burma: Forgotten Armies’ An exhibition commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Burma Campaign, and the role played by the Indian, British, African and Asian forces in defeating the Imperial Japanese Army. | National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4HT Click here for details of the exhibition and the accompanying series of public events. |
On now (until Monday 4 May 2026)   | ‘Women of Influence: The Pattle Sisters’ An exhibition about the lives and work of the seven Anglo-Indian sisters whose influence in art, literature, photography and society ‘extended from Calcutta to Kensington, and from the salons of Little Holland House to the Bloomsbury Group’. | Watts Gallery, Down Lane, Compton, Guildford GU3 1DQ Click here for further details. |
On now (until Sunday 8 Nov 2026)  | ‘The last Princesses of Punjab’ Exhibition about the ‘Punjabi princess and suffragette icon’ Sophia Duleep Singh, and ‘the women who shaped her’ | Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, London W8 4PX. Click here for further details, including registration. |
Tuesday 14 Apr 2026, 18:30-20:00  | ‘Churchill’s Forgotten Generals’ A BIHT lecture by Raymond Callahan (online) | Zoom Lecture Click here for further details, including registration. |
Tuesday 26 May 2026, 11:30-13:00  | ‘Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia’ A joint BIHT and Indian Civil Service Society lecture by Sam Dalrymple, followed by (optional) lunch | University Women’s Club, 2 Audley Square, Mayfair, London W1K 1DB Click here for further details, including registration. |
From Monday 8 Jun 2026 – Monday 13 Jul 2026  | ‘The relentless rise of the East India Company’ Lecture tour by the historian William Dalrymple, covering ‘more than two hundred years of tumultuous colonial history, covert political machinations, and bloody resistance’ | Lectures will be held at venues in: Birmingham, Chester, Tunbridge Wells, Guildford, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Malvern. Click here for further details (and to purchase tickets). |
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