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