Haveli Mai Jindan

Mai Jindan Haveli is of unknown origins and believed to be a Mughal structure but attributed to the Mai Jindan.  Mai Jindan or Maharani Jind Kaur (c. 1817– August 1, 1863), served as the regent and, for a short period, the ruling monarch of the Sikh Empire from 1843 until March 29, 1847, following the dissolution of the Sikh Empire on March 29, 1847. Maharani Jindan was the youngest wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and mother of Dulip Singh.

It is a two storied building where Maharani Chand Kaur, the wife of Maharaja Kharak Singh (the heir apparent of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh) was allegedly murdered by her servents on 11 June 1842. Presently this building serves as a museum.

Mai Jindan Haveli in the Lahore Fort, is a repository of invaluable arts, crafts and beautiful paintings of the Sikh rulers and their families, housed in the two galleries: The Sikh Gallery and The Bamba Collection.

The first floor of this building houses the Sikh Gallery is located which houses the Princess Bamba Collection. It comprises 14 water colours, 18 oil paintings, 22 ivory paintings, 10 metallic objects, 17 photographs, and seven miscellaneous artefacts. For a long time the collection remained a family treasure and in later years it was inherited by Dalip Singh’s daughter Princess Bamba, who died in 1957.