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With 53,950 Sikhs living in the East Midlands at the 2021 census (1.1% of the region's population), the area is home to the fourth-largest Sikh community in the UK. The five East Midlands local authorities with the highest Sikh population are Leicester (16,451), Derby (9,762), Oadby and Wigston (4,342), Nottingham (4,110), and Blaby (2,927).
The permanent arrival of Sikhism in England is dated to 1850 A.D. with the arrival of Maharajah Duleep Singh (last ruler of the Sikh Empire). The first Sikh place of worship, called a Gurdwara, was opened in 1911 in London and this was partly funded by the Maharaja of Patiala. [4]
Opinderjit Takhar – Researcher within Sikh Studies and Director of the Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. Simon Singh – Mathematician and author Sukhpal Singh Gill – Indian born UK academic and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Queen Mary University of London , UK.
Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP being presented with the British Sikh Report 2018 Satinder Sartaaj the famous singer of Sufi songs signing a copy of the British Sikh Report. The BSR was founded by Jasvir Singh CBE in 2012 and is created annually by a team of research analysts, lawyers, academics, social workers, senior consultants and managers who work on the BSR on a voluntary basis. [1]
The Sikh Temple: Leeds [8] Ramgarhia Board Gurdwara Leeds: Leeds [9] Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha: Leeds [10] Sri Guru Nanak Sikh Temple: Leeds [11] Gurdwara Guru Kalgidhar Sahib: Leeds [12] Guru Nanak Gurdwara: Huddersfield [13] Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara: Huddersfield [14] Gurdwara Singh Sabha: Huddersfield [15]
Next year's event will be held in Bradford as part of the 2025 UK City of Culture celebrations. Turner Prize shortlist includes art showcasing Scottish Sikh community. Show comments. Advertisement.
The Sikh diaspora has been most successful in the UK, and UK Sikhs have the highest percentage of home ownership (82%) of any religious community. [227] UK Sikhs are the second-wealthiest religious group in the UK (after the Jewish community), with a median total household wealth of £229,000. [228]
Slough has the largest Sikh community in the UK as a borough, with about 11 percent of the people in Slough being Sikhs. There is also has a large Hindu population, (7 percent) and a significant Muslim population from India.