Sikhism in Hong Kong explained

Group:Sikhism in Hong Kong
Pop:12,000
Langs:PunjabiCantoneseHindiUrdu
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Sikhism in Hong Kong is a minority religion . There are around 12,000 Sikhs in Hong Kong as of 2016.[1]

History

In the colonial-era, Sikhs in China were most prominent in Hong Kong, with Shanghai following next.[2] During the 1800s and 1900s, many Sikh Punjabi people were recruited from British India to work as officers for the Hong Kong Police and Shanghai Municipal Police. A contingent of Sikh policemen arrived in Hong Kong in 1867.[3] [4] After the Indian police unit of the Shanghai Municipal Police force was disbanded in 1945, most of its former policemen were repatriated back to India or moved to Hong Kong or Singapore.[5] [6] [7] After the advent of Communist rule in 1949, many Sikhs who had been employed as watchmen in mainland China departed for resettlement in Hong Kong, immigrated to the West, or returned to India.[8] Most of the remaining Sikhs left Shanghai in 1973 after the Sino-Indian War in 1962, these fleeing Shanghai Sikhs shifted to Hong Kong.[9] [10] [11] In contrast to the gurdwaras of mainland China, Hong Kong's gurdwaras still function normally.[12]

Gurdwaras

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/religion.pdf Hong Kong: The Facts – Religion and Custom
  2. Book: Kahlon, Swarn Singh . Sikhs in Asia Pacific: Travels Among the Sikh Diaspora from Yangon to Kobe . Taylor & Francis . 2016 . 9781351987417 . 9. Sikhs in China: Sikh Migration of Great Historical Interest.
  3. Book: McLeod . W. H. . Historical Dictionary of Sikhism . Fenech . Louis E. . Rowman & Littlefield . 2014 . 9781442236011 . 3rd . Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series.
  4. Book: The Sikh Diaspora: Migration and the Experience Beyond Punjab . South Asia Books . 1989 . 9788170010470 . Barrier . Norman Gerald . 1st . Dusenbery . Verne A..
  5. Web site: Vathyam . Meena . March 2016 . Sikhs in Shanghai . Historic Shanghai.
  6. Web site: Vathyam . Meena . 14 November 2016 . Sikhs: A piece of history that remains fragmentary . 8 June 2024 . Shanghai Daily.
  7. Book: Vathyam, Meena . Tears and Toil: The History of Shanghai Sikh Gurdwaras . The Shanghai Sikh Gurdwara . Academia.edu . 2018.
  8. Book: Kahlon, Swarn Singh . Sikhs in Asia Pacific: Travels Among the Sikh Diaspora from Yangon to Kobe . Taylor & Francis . 2016 . 9781351987417 . 9. Sikhs in China: Sikh Migration of Great Historical Interest.
  9. Web site: 2016-11-11 . Sikhs: A piece of history that remains fragmentary . 2019-06-28 . archive.shine.cn.
  10. Web site: Vathyam . Meena . March 2016 . Sikhs in Shanghai . Historic Shanghai.
  11. Web site: Almeida . Rhea . 8 June 2018 . The Captivating History of Sikhs in Old Shanghai . 25 May 2024 . Homegrown.
  12. Web site: Kaur . Anju . 18 May 2011 . Shanghai's Secret Gurdwara . 9 June 2024 . SikhChic (originally published on Sikh News Network).
  13. Web site: Khalsa Diwan . Khalsadiwan.com.

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