Parmjit Singh is an independent researcher specialising in the photographic history of 19th-century Punjab. His previous publications include Warrior Saints: Three Centuries of the Sikh Military Tradition (I.B. Tauris, 1999) and ‘Sicques, Tigers, or Thieves’: Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004).
He is a founding member of the UK Punjab Heritage Association (www.ukpha.org), an apolitical heritage organisation founded in 2001 to preserve, promote and increase awareness of Punjab’s cultural heritage. In 2003, he made the decision to put his career as a chartered accountant on hold in order to intensively research the heritage of Punjab and the Sikhs.
He has lectured extensively on Sikh art and heritage and has contributed to several television documentaries, radio programmes, exhibitions and publications on the subject. In 2005, he was honoured by the Sikh Centennial Foundation for his work in this field. The following year, he was presented with the Punjabi Cultural Award by the Punjabis in Britain All-Party Parliamentary Group, in recognition of his contribution to the promotion of Punjabi culture in Britain.
He is currently working with Nidar Singh Nihang on a multi-volume, official history of the Buddha Dal, the ancient warrior-order of the Akali-Nihang Sikhs.
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