![]() We refer to the Faridkot Gazetteer of 1915 for his background: “The Sardars of Machaki are Sekhon Jats. In 1952, she would marry Major Harpal Singh. She graduated with a BA degree from the college at 18. She played the piano and engaged in extra-curricular activities. “It was Sunday, so it was half-an-hour later, at 8 am”, she recalls. ![]() It worked, and soon they were able to complete their trip, return the cycles, and make it back to college before breakfast. ![]() Her friends Ajit and Surjit, being doctors’ daughters, took charge and pumped her chest. Unfortunately, she fell from the bicycle, the handle hit her so badly that she almost stopped breathing. He gave us a bunch of roses.” Her massi (aunt), who was also in college at the time and had accompanied them, said she would keep the bunch on her cycle. One time, they slipped out of the hostel, rented cycles and went to the Mashobra estate of her grandmother, where “the gardener was very kind. Two of them, Gursmat Sandhawalia and Ajit Sanghera, live in Chandigarh. “There were five of us, and we sat on one table for all of our meals.” They kept in touch with each other. The boarders bonded, especially her group of friends. The nuns were strict at this all-girls college. She did her Matric, and then enrolled for FA and BA at St Bede’s, Shimla. The parents ensured that their children got conventional education after home schooling. I nearly rammed into a wall! I got a reprimand, recovered, and finally, I learnt driving. “He sat next to me in a small car and said, ‘Drive.’ I saw that my grandmother and mother had just stepped out for a walk, and I started looking at them to see if they were looking at me. #AMRIT KUAR HOW TO#Raja Harinder Singh also had a legendary collection of cars, and he taught her how to drive, in the Raj Mahal, naturally. Like so many other beginners, she fell down, and was promptly put back in the saddle! Soon she became a good rider. Her father ensured that she learnt how to ride a horse. Clothes had to be folded and kept just so! She would check the cupboards to ensure that this was done!” On the other hand, my mother, Rani Narinder Kaur, was a strict disciplinarian. If he wanted you to do something, he would sit you down and talk to you. Amrit Kaur has fond memories of her father. Photo taken at the Kinsey Brothers studio, Shimla.Īmrit Kaur’s brother, Harmohinder Singh, and her sisters Deepinder Kaur and Maheepinder Kaur, all lived their early lives in Faridkot palaces of their father. College friends: (From left) Rajman, Amrit, Gursmat, Surjit and Ajit. “Before the Partition, she went to Lahore and saw violence and killings there. The princess particularly remembers her governess, the Australian Miss Foley, who wanted porridge for breakfast every day. Naturally, she was raised by governesses, who ensured that along with regular education, she would also learn singing, embroidery and playing the piano. ![]() The eldest daughter of Raja Harinder Singh of Faridkot spent her childhood in her father’s palaces. Graceful, soft-spoken and alert, 86-year-old Amrit Kaur, Rajkumari of Faridkot, is regal, as she ought to be. ![]()
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