Community Stories
Below you will see images from, and read the stories of some of the early South Asian migrants in British Columbia. The stories have been collected by the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley.
Mahinder Singh Beadall
Bagga Singh
Thakur Singh Banga
Gurbaksh Singh Dhaliwal
Nachhattar Singh Sangha
Rajinder Singh Gill
Atish Narayan Ram
Joginder Singh Parmar
Mota Singh Grewal
Dalip Singh Sidhu
Sundar Singh Thandi
Santokh S. Gill
Naginder Singh Sidhu
Sohan Singh Deo
Sewak Singh Dhaliwal
Sukhdev S. Dhaliwal
Bhan Singh Randhawa
Paul Dhaliwal
Harjinder & Darcia Doman
Gurdial Singh Powar
Sewa Singh Gill
Sohan Singh Birak
David Singh Aulakh
Rattan K. Attwal
Jasmer K. Alamwala
Bachan K. Alamwala
Indar Singh Gill
Amarao Bains
Kerpaul & Sucha Hayer
Ishar Kaur
Ossi Thandi
Jeet Kaur Aujla
Lucy Tej Gill
Gurbaksh Singh Narang
Ran Singh Koka
Shyam Singh Sandhu
Rattan Singh
Baba Karam Singh
Dalip Singh Gill
Naranjan Singh Gill
Amarjeet and Chanchal Thaira
Niranjan Singh Thauli
Kartar Kaur Gill
Mohinder Kaur Thandi
Karm Rai
Dhan Kaur Banga
Giani Harnam Singh
Mohinder Singh Gill
Asa Singh Deo
Gian Rai
Hardial Singh Dhaliwal
Gurdev Singh Dhaliwal
Sadhu Singh Gill
Sarvan Singh Gill
Swarn K. Kooner
Prakash and Santosh Mann
Bhagat Singh Dhaliwal
Prem Singh Sandhu
Sadhu Singh Sekhon
Beant Singh Sidhu
Ram Singh Sidhu
Ranjit Kaur Dhesi
Gurdev Brar
Fateh Chand
Nazar Singh Gill
Harnek Singh Gill
Inder Singh s/o Dalip Singh (Chola Sahib)
Sher Singh Ghuman