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Sikhism In Scotland
Sikhism in Scotland includes all aspects of Sikh life and Sikhism in Scotland. Sikhs have been present in Scotland for over a century, with the first documented Sikh, Maharaja Daleep Singh, arriving in Perthshire in 1855. The next wave of migration was in early-to-mid 1920s when prominent Sikhs of the Bhat/ Bhatra community established themselves in Glasgow and Edinburgh. However, the bulk of Sikhs in Scotland come from families who immigrated during the late 20th century. In Scotland Sikhs represent 0.2% of the population (9,055). History The first documented Sikh in Scotland was Maharajah Duleep Singh, who moved to Scotland in 1854, taking up residence at the Grandtully estate in Perthshire. According to the Scottish Sikh Association, the first Sikhs settled in Glasgow in the early 1920s with the first Gurdwara established in South Portland Street. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Gosal
Pam Gosal (born 25 April 1972) is a Scottish Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for West Scotland since May 2021. She is one of the first women of colour elected to the Scottish parliament, alongside Kaukab Stewart, and is also the first woman of Indian descent and non-practising Sikh to serve as an elected member of the Scottish Parliament. Background Pam Gosal was born in Glasgow, Scotland. She helped run her family business before working in Local Government prior to being elected to the Scottish Parliament. Political career Gosal stood in East Dunbartonshire at the 2019 United Kingdom general election and came in third place. She ran in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election as the Conservative candidate for Clydebank and Milngavie and West Scotland. Gosal finished third in the Clydebank and Milngavie seat, but she was elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for West Scotland. She is the first Sikh and first woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Scots
New Scots are people of any background who have immigrated to Scotland. The term is used to describe new immigrants from anywhere outside of Scotland. The underlying principle of the term is that national identity is a matter of choice rather than an accident of birth. See also *Demographics of Scotland *Scottish Asian * Black Scottish people Bibliography * Bashir Maan, ''The New Scots: The Story of Asians in Scotland'', John Donald Publishers Ltd (29 Aug 1997), * Bashabi Fraser Bashabi Fraser (born 1954) is an Indian-born Scottish academic, editor, translator, and writer. She is a Professor Emerita of English and Creative Writing at Edinburgh Napier University and an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for South Asian Stud ... (Photography by Hermann Rodrigues) ''Ragas and Reels- Collection of poems telling the stories told in Hermann Rodrigues intricate portraits on The Scots Asian Diaspora'' Luath Press Publishers Ltd. (1 Aug 2012), Immigration to Scotland Demographics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian-Scots
Scottish Asian (Asian-Scottish or Asian-Scots) is a term defined within the 2011 Scottish census as including people of Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani or other Asian ancestry resident in Scotland. Their parents or grandparents are normally Asian immigrants. It can also refer to people who are of dual Scottish and Asian ancestry. It combines Asian ethnic background with Scottish national identity. In traditional British usage, the term Asian did not normally include East Asians, who were referred by their respective national origins (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Malaysians and others) or collectively as "Oriental", which similar to Scotch can be viewed of as pejorative when applied to people. By contrast, in traditional North American usage the term Asian did not normally include South Asians but focused on East and Southeast Asians, particularly Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese. These frames of reference reflect different migration patterns. Census The 2001 and 2011 census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demographics Of Scotland
The demography of Scotland includes all aspects of population, past and present, in the area that is now Scotland. Scotland has a population of 5,463,300, as of 2019. The population growth rate in 2011 was estimated as 0.6% per annum according to the 2011 GROS Annual Review.The Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends 157th Edition 2011 , Accessed 10 February 2013 Covering an area of , Scotland has a of . Around 70% of the country's (3.5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikhism By Country
Most of the 25 million followers of Sikhism, the Major religious groups, world's fifth-largest religion, live in the northern Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, the only Sikh-majority administrative division on Earth, but Sikhs, Sikh communities exist on every inhabited continent. Sizeable Sikh populations in countries across the world exist in Sikhism in India, India (20,833,116), Sikhism in Canada, Canada (771,790), Sikhism in England, England (520,092), the Sikhism in the United States, United States (~472,498), and Sikhism in Australia, Australia (210,397), while countries with the largest proportions of Sikhs include Canada (2.12%), India (1.72%), England (0.92%),https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/population?msoa=E02003689 Sikhism in New Zealand, New Zealand (0.87%), and Australia (0.83%). Administrative divisions with significant proportions of Sikhs include Punjab, India (Sikhs account for 58 percent of the population), Chandigarh, India (13.1 percen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of British Sikhs
List of British Sikhs is a list of notable Sikhs from the United Kingdom. Academia and education *Harjinder Singh Dilgeer – National Professor of Sikh History. Member of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, SGPC Sikh History Research Board and author of 60 books on Sikhism. *Harminder Dua – Discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye named the "dua's layer". *Jagbir Jhutti Johal - Professor of religion, author and media commentator *Jagjit Chadha – Professor and Chair in Money and Banking in the Department of Economics at the University of Kent *Kalwant Bhopal – Professor of Education and Social Justice and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education at the University of Birmingham *Opinderjit Takhar - Researcher within Sikh Studies and Director of the Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. *Simon Singh – Mathematician and author *Sukhbir Singh Kapoor – Vice Chancellor of The International Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sikhism In The United Kingdom
British Sikhs number over 520,000 people and account for 0.88% of England and Wales's population as of 2021, forming the United Kingdom's fourth-largest religious group. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, Sikhs in England & Wales numbered 524,140, with 520,092 in England and 4,048 in Wales. The largest Sikh populations in the U.K. are in the West Midlands and Greater London. History Sikhs and Britain have a long and storied history. Decades before the last Sikh King, Duleep Singh, stepped onto British soil in the middle of the 19th century, there had been Anglo-Sikh contact as far back as the 1800s in the Punjab with his father Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Since then, even though this relationship has changed in nature many times, both communities have left a strong permanent influence on each other. For instance, in such varied parts of British society as food, language, political systems, soldiering and of course cricket, the British-Sikh relationship has given rise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religion In Scotland
As of the 2011 census, Christianity was the largest religion in Scotland with the 53.8% of the Scottish population identifying as Christian when asked: "What religion, religious denomination or body do you belong to?", an 11.3% decline from 65.1% in 2001. The Church of Scotland, a Presbyterian denomination often known as The Kirk, is recognised in law as the national church of Scotland. It is not an established church and is independent of state control. However, it is the largest religious grouping in Scotland, with 32.4% of the population according to the 2011 census. The other major Christian church is the Catholic Church, the form of Christianity in Scotland prior to the Reformation, which accounts for 15.9% of the population and is especially important in West Central Scotland and parts of the Highlands. Scotland's third largest church is the Scottish Episcopal Church. There are also multiple smaller Presbyterian churches, all of which either broke away from the Church of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
