CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -There were few Sikh women migrants to Canada in the initial years. On August 28, 1912, Hardial Singh Atwal was the first child born to parents of Indian origin at the Sikh temple in Vancouver.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first Sikhs came to Canada at the turn of the 20th century. Some visited Canada as part of the Hong Kong military contingent en route to Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee (1897) and the coronation of Edward VII (1902). The first immigrants then arrived in 1904 and established themselves in British Columbia.

Detailed explanation-3: -JALANDHAR: Out of the total over 7.71 lakh Sikhs in Canada, over 2.36 lakh (30%) are Canadian citizens by birth, over 4.15 lakh are immigrants (permanent residents) and over 1.19 lakh are non-permanent residents. This data was released by Statistics Canada from the census data of 2021.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gurdeep Singh is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as a member of the Senate of Pakistan from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March 2021.