Sophia Duleep Singh: The Suffragette Princess | KS1 History

💪 Travel back to Victorian Britain with your Key Stage One students to meet Sophia Duleep Singh, an Indian princess who became a brave suffragette. Discover what being a princess meant to her, why she fought for women’s rights, and the inspiring story behind her bicycle!

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📌 In this video:
00:00 Princess Sophia Key facts
00:53 Life in the Victorian period
02:25 What is it like being a Princess?
02:53 What was it like to visit India?
03:38 How do we know about Princess Sophia today?
04:07 Mystery object
04:31 How can we remember Princess Sophia today?

Produced by Three Arrows Media
Performers supplied by History Riot
Sophia Duleep Singh played by Harriet Sharmini Smithers

📸 Images
B/w photographic prints of Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh © Norfolk Museums Service

The children of the Maharaja Duleep Singh © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2025 | Royal Collection Trust

Elveden Hall © PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Sophia with her horse and dogs © Peter Bance Archive

Sophia in India clothing © Peter Bance Archive

Sophia selling newspapers digital image © London Museum

Suffragette meeting digital image © London Museum

1897 bicycle © Historic bicycle photographic archive of Lorne Shields, Toronto Canada

VAD service card © British Red Cross Museum and Archives