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Google Ngram of "Sikh" in books published in America

Use of the word “Sikh” in American and English literature

June 20, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Google Ngram Viewer allows a user to view a trend of the use of a word or phrase in Google’s digitized collection of books. In the chart above, I looked at the use of the word “Sikh” in Google’s collection of books published in the United States from 1800 through 2008. In Google’s collection, the percentage that the word “Sikh” appears among all words in books published in the United States each year (as represented on the Y-axis) is […]

Categories: 1984, Literature, Reports/Studies, Resources • Tags: British Raj, Google, Google Books, Ngram, Ranjit Singh, United States, World War II

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The mixed emotions around Indian Independence Day

August 15, 2011 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

For many people of South Asian heritage across the world, August 15th is a time of celebration.  Today is the anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan from British rule in 1947.  However, it also marks one of the most tragic events in human history: the land that was ruled by the British for over a century was to be partitioned along religious lines, resulting in one of the largest mass migrations of people in human history.  Despite the enormity […]

Categories: Resources • Tags: 1947 Partition Archive, British Raj, India, Oakland Tribune, Pakistan, Partition of India

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