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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.
As a religious minority, Sikhs have fought long and hard to get official status and to be counted in many countries across the world. Through the efforts of Sikh organisations and communities in their respective countries, there is now readily available population data on Sikhs as part of the census in the following territories:
Sikhs (singular Sikh: / s ɪ k / SIK or / s iː k / SEEK; Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ, romanized: sikkh, IPA:) are an ethnoreligious group [84] [85] who adhere to Sikhism, [86] a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. [87]
“This is only a holy place that people come for help. ... They should be able to enjoy the freedom of the United States of America.” ... There are an estimated 500,000 Sikhs and more than 350 ...
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Sikhs have been a part of the American populace for more than 130 years. At the turn of the 19th century, the province of Punjab of British India was hit hard by British practices of mercantilism. Many Sikhs emigrated to the United States and began arriving to work on farms in California.
In a remarkable display of democratic aspirations, an estimated 40,000 Sikh Americans lined up around the state Capitol on Sunday to enter a tent and cast a vote for independence.
With more than 25 million worldwide, [3] Sikhs are adherents of the fifth-largest religion in the world. [4] The 2011 Indian census reported approximately 20 million Sikhs living in India. [5] Of these, 16 million, or 76% of all Indian Sikhs, live in the northern state of Punjab, where they form 58% of the population. [5]