Sikh History: The 21 Sikhs of Saragarhi

A small body of Sikhs defended a vital North-West Frontier post against 10,000 Afridi and Orakzai attackers. Tomorrow marks the 117th anniversary of their heroic effort. Britain’s Parliament interrupted proceedings and rose to give a standing ovation on 12 September ...

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Sikh History: Lall Singh – First Malaysian Sikh specialist test fielder

Born 16 December 1909 at Kuala Lumpur, Lall Singh remains the only Malaysia-born Test cricketer. It was the summer of 1932. The Londoners had made a beeline for Lord’s to watch the Indians, the babies of world cricket, in action ...

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Missing Saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji found near Gurdwara

A Saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji that went missing from Gurdwara Sant Kartar Sahib in a remote village in Rajasthan’s border district Sriganganagar on 20 August 2014 was today found at the gate of another Gurdwara in Chak ...

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After 9/11, Sikhs Bear Burden of Misplaced Anti-Muslim Sentiment.

USA: I remember visiting my parents in my home state of Wisconsin and receiving a frantic phone call from my husband asking if I was okay. “There was a mass shooting at your Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship),” he told ...

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