America’s “Hindu crews”: Sikh immigration in the 1900s
An interesting post on the blog Beyond Victoriana gives a short history of the “Hindu crews” – migrant laborers from India – that saw with them the earliest accounts of Sikh immigration to the United States at the end of the 19th century: “Some 85 percent of the men who came during those years were Sikhs, 13 percent were Muslims, and only 2 percent were really Hindus.” The article goes on to describe the genesis of Punjabi-Mexican families, as these Punjabi and Sikh men would marry into […]
Categories: Reflections, Sikhism • Tags: California, Dr. Tarlochan Singh, Hindu Crews, Immigration, Mexican Sikhs, Punjabi American, Washington State
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