The Khalsa Jatha of the British Isles opens a gurdwara in Shepherd's Bush, the first in Britain, serving Sikh students, soldiers, and peddlers in the imperial capital; the small congregation is the seed of British Sikh life, which grows after the Second World War into one of the diaspora's largest communities.
Tagged: Sikh Sikh Diaspora
The Event
- Date
- 1911 (approximate)
- Era
- Reform and Colonial; Standard periodization of Sikh history
- Location
- Shepherd's Bush; today London, United Kingdom
- Traditions
- Sikhism
- Streams
- Sikh Diaspora
Primary Sources
- The Khalsa Jatha records
Secondary Sources
- Tatla, The Sikh Diaspora: The Search for Statehood (Washington, 1999)
- Nesbitt, Sikhism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2005)
Provenance: HIST-0526; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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