NRI History First NRI land in North America Punjabi Migration to U.S. Echoes of Freedom: South Asian Pioneers in California Yuba City, California The Vancouver Sikh temple on West 2 nd Avenue was built in 1908 TEARS FOR THE MAHATMA: In the late forties I was schooling in Port-Sudan in the Sudan in Africa. Port-Sudan as the name suggests is the port of that Country, the only one.. NRI family of 110-members, owner of global billion dollar empire business- still residing under onr roof in Hong Kong mansion for four generations US post office may carry Indian American's name Dalip Singh Saund NRI Sikh gets a feel of its rich heritage- Occasion of the 400th anniversary of installation of Guru Granth Sahib in the Golden Temple 90 Sikhs invited at White House to celebrate holy book Sikh NRI, Saund is the only Indian American to have been elected to the House of Representatives - 48 years ago.-Will Indian American's portrait hang in Capitol building? Parents and families of NRIs back home NRIs global Population NRIs after Sep.11, 2001 NRI Sikhs in California Yuba City, prune capital of California, is also a veritable 'chhotta Punjab' (05_1) Statue of Mahatma to Winnipeg museum was presented by Indian government (C01) Punjabi fourth most popular language in Canadian Parliament Sikh refugees revisit N.S. coast 17 years later-173 men and one woman waded ashore after being dropped by a Costa Rican freighter sailing Sikh heritage gallery One of the world's most visited museum to house Sikh heritage gallery Statues of Mahatma Gandhi in USA: NRI community has been instrumental in installing several statues of Mahatma Gandhi in different cities of the United States First NRI land in North America First NRI landed ,Gadar Party, and Komagata Maru It was only in 1947 that Indo-Canadians were given the right to vote. Moe Sihota (NDP-- Esquimalt-Metchosin) became the first Indo-Canadian in Canada to be elected an MLA in 1986.   The Indian American community in the United States  The success story that UK’s 4 lakh Sikhs are (5_) Sikhs pioneered Britain's multi-cultural society NRI largest commumity in UK Asian in UK One of the first Sikhs in England Bias in the Indian Media Voices: Our Untold Stories »Asian Stories, Avatar Nath Duggal Author to visit over 100 gurdwaras in Malaysia and Singapore and write a landmark book on them. 50% to 65% diamond business go through NRI hands,Jewish share has fallen to about 25% from 70% & 90% of all world’s diamonds pass through ANTWERP city of Belgium