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News Articles: sikh

A group of Sikh protesters at a get out the vote rally for the Khalistan Referendum on March 16th in Sacramento, California.

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Sikhs in California vote on independence from India

Sikhs in California will vote in a referendum to push for their own independent state in India

March 30, 2024
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By:
  • Sandhya Dirks
Supporters of Waris Punjab De organization shout slogans favoring their chief and separatist leader Amritpal Singh and other arrested activists during a meeting at the Akal Takht Secretariat inside Golden Temple complex, in Amritsar, India, on March 27, 2023.

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Indian police have arrested a Sikh separatist leader who had been on the run

Indian police have arrested a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland and the secession of India's northern Punjab state, which has a history of violent insurgency.

April 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Friends Nasir Dhillon (left) and Papinder Singh run a YouTube channel, Punjabi Lehar, that tries to heal the wounds of Partition through reuniting loved ones separated when British-ruled India was divided into two countries, India and Pakistan, 75 years ago.

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YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border

Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.

August 12, 2022
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid,
  • Lauren Frayer,
  • and 2 more
A frozen section of the Ross Sea at Scott Base in Antarctica on Nov. 12, 2016. Britain's Preet Chandi made history by trekking 700 miles from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole in an unsupported expedition.

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Preet Chandi is the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition in Antarctica

Chandi skied 700 miles to the South Pole in just 40 days. The British Sikh army officer aims to inspire others to push boundaries and is also raising funds to start an adventure grant for women.

January 04, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Two men who slipped and fell on a steep rock leading into<strong> </strong>rough waters<strong> </strong>at a park in British Columbia were saved thanks to a group of Sikh men who unraveled and removed their turbans to create a makeshift rope.

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Sikh men created a lifeline using turbans and jackets to rescue hikers at a park

A group of Sikh men broke religious protocol to help hikers stuck near raging waters at a Canadian park. The men created a makeshift rope using turbans and jackets.

October 25, 2021
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By:
  • Tien Le

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