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Akali Phula Singh (1761–1823), Sikh leader; Akashdeep Singh (born 1994), Indian field hockey player; Akhilesh Prasad Singh (born 1962), Member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, for Motihari, Bihar (2004–2009) Akhilesh Pratap Singh (born 1960), Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (2012–2017)
The Stockton gurdwara, the oldest in the U.S., opened on October 24, 1912. [23]Sikhs have lived in the United States for more than 130 years. The first Sikh immigrants to the United States started to arrive in the second half of the 19th century, when poor economic conditions in British India drove many Indians to emigrate elsewhere.
There have been thirty-seven Sikh MPs, nine Sikh Cabinet members, and one Sikh Senator in Canadian history. [ r ] Currently, there are zero Sikh Senators, fifteen Sikh MPs, and three Sikh Cabinet members; Sikhs make up 0% of the Senate , 4.44% of the House of Commons , and 7.69% of the Cabinet , while making up 2.12% of the Canadian population.
The Sikh literature mentions Varna as Varan, and Jati as Zat or Zat-biradari. Eleanor Nesbitt, a professor of Religion and author of books on Sikhism, states that the Varan is described as a class system, while Zat has some caste system features in Sikh literature. [287]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. Geographical region in South Asia This article is about the geographical region. For the province of Pakistan, see Punjab, Pakistan. For the state in India, see Punjab, India. For other uses, see Punjab (disambiguation). Region Punjab ਪੰਜਾਬ (Punjabi Gurmukhi) پنجاب ...
Sikhism is the most common faith in Punjab, numbering over 16 million people representing 57.69% of the population, making it the only Sikh-majority state in India. Around 38.49% of the population (10.68 million) follow Hinduism , while Islam is followed by 1.93% of the population (535,000) and Christianity 1.26% (350,000). [ 43 ]