Note: If you live in USA or Canada, it is worth to read it
NRI History of North America
First NRI Landed
- 1899 Four Sikhs Allowed to Land in San Francisco
- 1897 First Sikhs in Canada
- 1908 Vancouver, B.C. First Gurdwara (Temple) 1908
- 1908, First Hindu Temple in Western World Dedicated
- 1904,
Guru Granth Sahib Ji- Bhai Arjan Singh of village Malak, Dist. Ludhiana
(Punjab) was the first Sikh to bring the GURU GRANTH SAHIB
JI (the holy scripture of the Sikhs) to Vancouver
Gadar Party
- Kartar
Sing Sarabha (borne 1896) graduated from high school in 1911, he arrived
at the University of California- Berkeley to continue his studies in
engineering. In Berkeley, he joined the Gadar party in 1913. Around
this time, he also learned how to fly. He returned to India in 1914
to fight for his country's independence. On November 16th, 1915, Sarabha
was hanged at the tender age of 19
- Gadar Party,
1913-1915, Introduction -April
23, 1913 - first meeting. First Revolt Against the British to Free India
Komagata Maru
Click here--> http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/punjab/koma.html
Probably the first Sikhs to see British
Columbia-
were the Punjabi soldiers.Sikhs just landed in Canada from the Hong Kong
regiments travelling through
Canada after celebrating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in London,
England in 1887
