Maharaja Ranjit Singh's throne

Maharaja Ranjit Singh's throne was made by the goldsmith Hafez Muhammad Multani about 1820 to 1830, for the eponymous ruler of the Sikh empire.

It is thought that as the Maharaja was renowned for the simplicity of his appearance and dislike of ceremony he rarely sat on this throne, preferring to sit cross-legged on carpets.

The throne was part of the State Property taken by the East India Company in 1849 after their annexation of the Punjab in the Second Anglo-Sikh War.

[2] Indian student Rakhal das Haldar visited it there and recorded that "it was painful to see the state chair of gold of the late Lion of Punjab Ranjit Singh with a mere picture upon it".

During the late twentieth century it was the subject of a repatriation claim by a Sikh regional organisation supported by the Indian government.