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Baj Singh (died 1716), Sikh general, governor, scholar and martyr; Bajrang Bahadur Singh (1906–1973), Lieutenant Governor of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh (1955–1963) Bakht Singh of Marwar (1706–1752), Maharaja of Jodhpur and Marwar; Bakht Singh (1903–2000), Christian evangelist in India; Bakshish Singh (1928–1970), Indian ...
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.
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 ]