During the Sweden Sikh Family Camp I met a young Swedish man and woman wearing a Dastaar and Kirpaan. I was able to talk to them and ask how they found Sikhi. Bhenji told me that she lived on one ...
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British Sikh Council – Save the Sikligar Project
14 years ago an article in a UK newspaper on the pitiful condition of Sikligar, Vanjara and Satnami Sikhs in India spurred Kulwant Singh Dhesi and Tarsem Singh Deol into action. A genetic imprint in the Sikhs urges them to ...
Read More »Sikh History: Guru Ka Bagh Morcha – 08 August 1922
The peaceful non-violent Morcha (agitation) of Guru Ka Bagh was launched for emancipation of a Gurdwara Sahib from the stronghold of Mahant Sunder Dass in 1922 A.D. The Morcha ended on 17 November 1922 after the demands were conceded. The ...
Read More »Sikh soldiers on the march in France at the start of the First World War
France:‘To show their contempt for death, some Sikhs had refused to hide in the trenches’ 12 Nov 1914: When the Indians arrived The people of the Raj – modern India and Pakistan – were not consulted about their participation in ...
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