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  2. Sikhism by country - Wikipedia

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    At 93.33% Sikh, Tarn Taran is the world's most Sikh district or county. [37] Located in the heart of the Majha region of Punjab founded by Guru Arjan Dev - the 5th Sikh guru, [38] Tarn Taran also hosts the world's largest sarovar (sacred pool) [39] even surpassing the great Darbar Sahib - Golden Temple in the neighbouring Amritsar district.

  3. Sikhs - Wikipedia

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    Today, Canada has the largest national Sikh proportion (2.1%) in the world, [13] while the Punjab state in India has the largest Sikh proportion (58%) amongst all administrative divisions in the world. With 25–30 millions, Sikhs represent less than 0.3% of the total world population in 2021. [94]

  4. Sikh diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Some of the Sikhs who had settled in eastern Africa were expelled by Ugandan leader Idi Amin in 1972. [13] Sikhs are traditionally an agrarian community, and with the pressures of having only a limited amount of land, high birth rates, and the desire to make a better living, male offspring of Sikh farmers were encouraged to migrate to foreign ...

  5. Some US Sikhs fear Modi government is threatening ... - AOL

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    Meanwhile, four Indian nationals are facing charges of murder and conspiracy in Canada for the June 2023 fatal shooting of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside his gurdwara, a Sikh place ...

  6. Punjabi Sikhs - Wikipedia

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    Virtually all of the world's Sikh population are Punjabis. [5] Punjabi Sikhs primarily inhabit the Indian state of Punjab, the only Sikh-majority administrative division on Earth. Punjabi Sikhs make up 57.69% of the state’s population. [6] Many have ancestry from the greater Punjab region, an area that was partitioned between India and ...

  7. Yuba City’s Sikh parade is more than a cultural celebration ...

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    Dr. Singh, who spoke to The Bee while attending this year’s parade on Nov. 5, was a physician and Sikh rights activist in Punjab in the 1980s, a risky endeavor following attacks on Sikhs by the ...

  8. List of converts to Sikhism - Wikipedia

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    The religion of Sikhism emerged from 15th century South Asia. The first Sikhs came from Hindu and Muslim backgrounds from the Punjab region. [1] Following 20th century, the growth of the Sikh diaspora enabled the spread of Sikhism, thus allowing for more people to similarly embrace the faith.

  9. Punjabi diaspora - Wikipedia

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    [53] 85% of the early Indian immigrants to the US were Sikhs, although they were incorrectly branded by White Americans as "Hindus". [54] 90% of Indians who settled in the Central Valley of California were Punjabi Sikhs. [55] The first Asian American and member of a non-Abrahamic faith elected to the US Congress was Dalip Singh Saund, a Punjabi ...