Punjabi Stockton, Bengali Harlem
Posted by Brooklynwala in
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USA on 02 4th, 2013 |
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Most of us are probably familiar with the history of the first wave of Punjabi migration to California in the late 1800s and early 1900s. These pioneers, many Sikhs, set up the country’s first gurdwara in Stockton, formed the Ghadhar Party to overthrow the British Raj, and many ended up marrying...