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Diary Dates (from 1 November 2026)

Diary Dates

BACSA Newsletter readers, family and friends may be interested in the following events:

Date / TimeEventPlace
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.
On now (until Sunday 13 Dec 2026) ‘Colonial Views of India’
The ‘first exhibition focusing on photographs and negatives in the Ashmolean’, featuring ‘previously unseen photographs of India by Colonel Eugene Clutterbuck Impey (1830-1904)’
Ashmolean Museum (Gallery 29), Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2PH.
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On now (until Sunday 31 Jan 2027) ‘Sunil Gupta: Life with a Camera, 1970 – Now’
Sunil Gupta was born in New Delhi in 1953. This major survey exhibition will reveal his ‘pioneering contribution to photography over five decades… in Delhi, Montreal, New York and London’.
Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ.
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On now (until Sunday 21 Feb 2027) ‘Drawn on the Western Front: Paul Sarrut and the Indian Army’
Paul Sarrut, French artist, liaison officer and interpreter with British, French and Indian units ‘lived among the men he drew, capturing daily life at close quarters and offering a rare and personal perspective on the conflict’
National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HT.
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On now (until Sunday 7 Mar 2027) ‘A Mughal Songbook: Art, Music and Empire’
An exhibition of ‘treasures from the vibrant world of song, poetry and performance of Mughal South Asia from around 1750 to 1850’ .
Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB.
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Tuesday 10 Nov 2026, 6:30-8:00pm ‘The East India Company as Landowner’
A BIHT lecture by John Marriott (online).
Zoom Lecture
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Thursday 12 Nov 2026, 6:00pm ‘From Hell with Love’ – Burma Railway
BACSA talk and (optional) dinner.
This illustrated talk by Nigel Johnson-Hill will be based on the secret diary kept by his father, while a POW of the Japanese, building the Thailand-Burma Railway (the ‘Death Railway’).
Army & Navy Club (‘The Rag’), 36 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JN.
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Tuesday 15 Dec 2026, 6:30-8:00pm ‘An Empire of Images’
A BIHT lecture by Apurba Chatterjee (online).
Zoom Lecture
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