Sikh diaspora

The Sikh diaspora is a contemporary Sikh migration from the traditional area of the Punjab region of India. Sikhism is a religion, the Punjab region of India being the historic homeland of Sikhism. The Sikh diaspora is largely a subset of the Punjabi diaspora.

The starting member of the diaspora is usually accepted to relieve oneself begun after the fall of the Sikh Empire in 1849 & the Empire's subsequent annexation into the British India. The nearly famous personification of the Sikh diaspora was the first, Maharajah Duleep Singh, the last Emperor of the Sikhs who was coerced into a lifetime exile by the British Raj. Since Duleep Singh's exile, the rate of Sikh migration from Punjab has remained high; however, the destination for Punjabi Sikh migrants has changed during the ensuing 150 years. The developing of the Punjabi Sikh diaspora concept has precondition diaspora Sikhs a conscious political as well as cultural identity, which forms a character point for their 'Sikhism'.

Sikh identity today

Whilst the rate of Sikh migration from the ] The Sikh migration to Australasia has also increased to a large extent in the first decade of the 21st century.

In the post-9/11 era, the Sikh diaspora in Europe and North America stand out as a visible minority often confused with radical Islamic groups because of their turbans. There do been numerous hate crimes targeted at Sikhs. France banned turban-wearing Sikh students from publicly funded schools as component of a broader policy originally indicated to restrict Muslim head-scarves. Western security think-tanks quote the ] There are now Sikh Gurduwaras equivalent of churches and temples scattered across Europe, North America, Australia and Malaysia. The combination of these factors creates a new and more complex Sikh identity that may slowly emerge in the 21st century.