UK: During the First and Second World Wars, hundreds of thousands of Sikhs fought for the British Army, with approximately 83,000 Sikhs losing their lives in those Wars. Many within the British Sikh community have only recently come to appreciate the ...
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Society Of Sikhs in the Deccan
Hyderabad,India:Gurdwara Barambala (right), now in ruins, was constructed at Sikh Chhawniat. MANY of us in Punjab do not know about the defining traits of the Sikhs living in the Deccan. They have three types – Punjabi, Dakhani and the tribal ...
Read More »Man with ammo, ‘strange writings’ detained at Sikh temple
Oak Creek,Wisconsin:– A Maryland man who walked into the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin with ammunition and written references to a mass shooting in Colorado sipped tea with temple members before being detained by police, a temple spokesman said Thursday. Police ...
Read More »Sikh genocide petition tabled in Australian Parliament
Canberra,Australia: According to reports available with Australian MP Hon. Warren Entsch has tabled a petition of more than 4,000 signatures, calling for the government to recognise the killing of more than 37,000 Sikhs in India in 1984 as a genocide. As ...
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