Sandeep Singh Brar | |
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| Born | Kisumu, Kenya, Africa |
| Website | www.sikhs.org www.sikhmuseum.com www.singhbrar.com/photos/ |
Sandeep Singh Brar is a Sikh historian, internet pioneer and photographer.
Sandeep Singh Brar | |
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| Born | Kisumu, Kenya, Africa |
| Website | www.sikhs.org www.sikhmuseum.com www.singhbrar.com/photos/ |
Sandeep Singh Brar is a Sikh historian, internet pioneer and photographer.
He is the creator of the world's first Sikh website, sikhs.org, which was launched in December 1994. [1] The website consisted mostly of bulletin boards where discussions on topics such as hair-cutting, meat-consumption, caste, conflicts between Punjabi culture and Sikhism, Sikh & non-Sikh relations, gender, and other matters were discussed. [1] The website featured news stories related to diasporic Sikhs, offering a central hub for the collection of these articles. [1] In September 1995, The Sikhism Home Page was included into the Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, and continues to be one of the mostly highly referenced sources of information about the Sikh religion. [2]
He is also the first person to put the Sikh Scriptures on the Internet with the full English translation of The Guru Granth Sahib by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa and first to put the Sikh Code of Conduct - The Sikh Rehat Maryada on the Internet. In addition to this site, Sandeep Singh Brar is also the creator of the SikhMuseum.com website, whose purpose is to preserve the heritage of the Sikh people in a way that is accessible to all.
In 2008, Sandeep Singh was responsible for uncovering the history and life of Private Buckam Singh, one of only a handful of Sikh soldiers that served in the Canadian military during World War I. [3] [4] [5] It was the acquisition of a forgotten World War I medal that prompted Sandeep Singh to research its ownership, thus bringing to light the story of the brave Canadian Sikh. A ceremony was held at Buckam Singh's grave in Kitchener, Ontario on November 11 (Remembrance Day) to commemorate his service and life. [6] [7]
In addition to being a historian, Sandeep Singh is also a noted photographer [8] whose works have been featured in a number of exhibits:
September 2006 – January 2007: Rubin Museum of Art, New York I See No Stranger: Early Sikh Art and Devotion Photographs incorporated as part of the exhibit
2004–2007: Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Sikhs: Legacy of the Punjab Photographs incorporated as part of the exhibit
1999: Metro Toronto Convention Centre Centennial Foundation Gala Solo exhibit of photographs
The Namdharis, also known as Kuka and Kukaism, are a Sikh sect that differs from mainstream Sikhs chiefly in that it believes that the lineage of Sikh Gurus did not end with Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708), as they recognize Balak Singh (1797–1862) as the 11th Guru of the Sikh religion, thus continuing the succession of Sikh Gurus through the centuries from Guru Nanak Dev to the present day. The 12th Guru was Ram Singh (1816–1885), who moved the sects centre to Bhaini Sahib (Ludhiana) and is regarded as the first Indian to use non-cooperation and non-violence boycott in order to combat the British Empire in India.
Sidhu is a Punjabi Jat clan found in Punjab.
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Moga district is one of the twenty-two districts in the state of Punjab, India. It became the 17th district of Punjab State on 24 November 1995 cut from Faridkot district. Moga District is among the largest producers of wheat and rice in Punjab, India. People from Moga City and Moga District belong to the Malwa culture. The district is noted for being the homeland for a high proportion of Indian Punjabi expatriates who emigrated abroad and their descendents, which has given it the nickname of "NRI district".
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American Sikhs form the country's sixth-largest religious group. While the U.S. Census does not ask about religion, 70,697 Americans declared Sikh as their ethnicity in the 2020 census. The U.S. Census Bureau cites the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey's estimate of the adult Sikh American population at 78,000. The Pew Research Center estimated the Sikh American adult population to be 140,000 and the total population at 200,000 in 2012 while the World Religion Database at Boston University estimated the American Sikh population to be at 280,000 in 2012. Sikh organizations like the Sikh Coalition and American Sikh Congressional Caucus estimate the Sikh American population to be as high as 1,000,000, but do not provide any sources for these figures; 500,000 nevertheless remains the most cited Sikh American population size. With 1% of Asian Americans being Sikh, and 90.7% of Sikh Americans being Asian American, the American Sikh population can be estimated at around 200,000–300,000 in 2021. The largest Sikh populations in the U.S. are found in California (52%), New York (11%), and Washington (6%).
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Narinder Singh Kapany was an Indian-American physicist best known for his work on fiber optics. Kapany is a pioneer in the field of fiber optics, known for coining and popularising the term. Fortune named him one of seven "Unsung Heroes of the 20th Century" for his Nobel Prize-deserving invention. He was awarded India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, posthumously in 2021. He served as an Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) officer. He was also offered the post of Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister of India, by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. He is considered the father of Fiber Optics.
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