Title

Post-Partition Sikh Immigrant Experiences in the United States

Author(s) Information

Athamjit Singh Dhaddey, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow

College - Author 1

College of Liberal Arts

Department - Author 1

History Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BA in History

Date

5-2019

Primary Advisor

Sarah Bridger, College of Liberal Arts, History Department

Abstract/Summary

The project titled, "Post-Partition Sikh Immigrant Experiences in the United States," begins to explore the different factors that contributed to the migration of Sikhs to the United States. Beginning during the first decade of the 1900s, Sikhs began to migrate to the United States for a variety of reasons. It wasn't until the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 that we began to see these numbers increase dramatically. The main primary sources in this paper are oral histories from three of those immigrants during that time. With their stories, we are able to dive deeper into the different experiences that immigrants had on their journey to the United States.

URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/histsp/59