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===Memorials and museums=== *[[Samadhi of Ranjit Singh]] in [[Lahore]], Pakistan, marks the place where Singh was cremated, and four of his queens and seven concubines committed sati.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/sati-choice-before-maharaja-ranjits-ranis-99411 |title='Sati' choice before Maharaja Ranjit's Ranis |website=Tribuneindia News Service}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sikhmuseum.com/nishan/empire/architecture.html#arch5 |title=Nishan Sahib Khanda Sikh Symbols Sikh Museum History Heritage Sikhs |website=www.sikhmuseum.com}}</ref> *On 20 August 2003, a 22-foot-tall bronze statue of Singh was installed in the [[Parliament of India]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Ranjit|title=Parliament to get six more portraits, two statues|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Parliament-to-get-six-more-portraits-two-statues/articleshow/138337.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512235014/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-08-20/india/27212843_1_new-portraits-patriots-and-politicians-statues|archive-date=12 May 2013|access-date=11 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live|date=20 August 2003}}</ref> *A museum at [[Ram Bagh Palace]] in Amritsar contains objects related to Singh, including arms and armour, paintings, coins, manuscripts, and jewellery. Singh had spent much time at the palace in which it is situated, where a garden was laid out in 1818.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum, Amritsar|url=http://www.punjabmuseums.gov.in/museum.php?mid=8|publisher=Punjab Museums|access-date=11 August 2012|archive-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714112220/http://punjabmuseums.gov.in/museum.php?mid=8|url-status=dead}}</ref> *On 27 June 2019, a nine-foot bronze statue of Singh was unveiled at the Haveli Maharani Jindan, [[Lahore Fort]] at his 180th death anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statue of Ranjit Singh unveiled on his 180th death anniversary|date=28 June 2019|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1490828|access-date=29 June 2019}}</ref> It has been vandalised several times since, specifically by members of the [[Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Lahore vandalised by a man because Singh had converted a mosque into a horse stable|date=12 December 2020|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/323914-raja-ranjit-singhs-lahore-statue-vandalised-for-the-second-time|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kumar |first1=Anil |title=Maharaja Ranjit Singh's statue in Pakistan vandalised by activist of banned far-right outfit |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/maharaja-ranjit-singh-statue-pakistan-vandalised-tlp-activist-1841863-2021-08-17 |website=India Today |date=17 August 2021 |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
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