^ "UNHCR 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom- Indonesia".^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".^ A gurdwara in Kranidi by Athens News Archived at the Wayback Machine and 6 others including in Tavros, Athens, Oropos, Inofita, Thiva, Kriti, etc.^ "Mitgliederzahlen: Sonstige", in: Religionswissenschaftlicher Medien- und Informationsdienst|Religionswissenschaftliche Medien- und Informationsdienst e.^ "Religion - Fiji Bureau of Statistics"."The Daily - 2011 National Household Survey: Immigration, place of birth, citizenship, ethnic origin, visible minorities, language and religion". ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics."Brazilian Sikhs visit Golden Temple, plead for gender equality". ^ Largest Sikh Populations Retrieved March 23, 2018.^ Census 2016, Community Profile (Australia).^ "Afghanistan's last Sikhs in a dilemma: To stay or leave".^ "Explained: Who are Nanak Naam Lewa, and why Kartarpur Corridor can't be limited to Sikhs".^ "Navjot Singh Sidhu thinks there are 14 crore Sikhs in India instead of 2.4 crore".^ "Punjab Assembly passes landmark bill to regularise Sikh marriages - Newspaper - DAWN.COM"."Quantifying alternate futures of religion and religions". The last column shows the Sikh percentage compared to the total Sikh population of the world (Sikhs in the region/total Sikh population of the world). The first percentage, 4th column, refers to the percentage of Sikhs in a region (Sikhs in the region/total population of the region). They and their comrades in arms proved to be critical in the early months of the fighting on the Western Front, helping save the allies from an early and ignominious defeat.Īccording to estimates, every sixth British soldier serving during World War I would have been from the Indian subcontinent, making the British Indian Army as large as all the forces from the rest of the British Empire combined - including the forces of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The project has received a grant of 448,500 pounds from the UK's Heritage Lottery Fund to chronicle the sacrifices made by Sikhs in the Battle of Somme and other battles between 19.Īlthough accounting for less than 2 per cent of the population of British India at the time, Sikhs made up more than 20 per cent of the British Indian Army at the outbreak of hostilities. "By combining family memories and memorabilia with archival records, we have the opportunity to collectively create the definitive database of the Sikh experience of the Great War so that their sacrifices and suffering will never be forgotten again," the association said. We want to enrich the records that already exist and add as many more as possible to preserve vital information that is at risk of being lost forever," UKPHA said in a statement. "We have created an exciting interactive 'Soldier Map' that displays the records of approximately 8,000 Sikh soldiers. The UK Punjab Heritage Association (UKPHA) launched as part of a wider three-year 'Empire, Faith & War: The Sikhs and World War One' project to coincide with the centenary of the Battle of Somme on Jdescribed as the bloodiest battle of the Great War. A new website which aims to build the biggest database on the Sikh experience in World War I has gone live as part of a worldwide crowd-sourcing initiative.
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