"The City Sikhs mission is to create positive change within society and inspire people to be the best they can be."
Named after
Professionals working in the City of London
Founded
October 2010
Founder
Jasvir Singh CBE
Param Singh MBE
Founded at
London, England
Type
Non-governmental organization
VAT ID no.
None
Legal status
Registered British charity
Focus
Faith and Interfaith work Professional networking Policy research Community cohesion Political engagement
Headquarters
London, England
Locations
Birmingham (Midlands)
Manchester (North)
Area served
United Kingdom
Members
10000 members and supporters
Trustee Co-Chairman
Jasvir Singh CBE
Trustee Co-Chairman
Param Singh MBE
Volunteers
40
Website
www.citysikhs.org.uk
Formerly called
City Sikhs Network
City Sikhs (formerly City Sikhs Network) (Punjabi: ਸਿਟੀ ਸਿੱਖ) is a nonprofit organisation, and a registered charity which describes itself as "A voice for progressive Sikhs". It promotes networking, education and volunteering amongst Sikh professionals and provides a platform for engagement with the British Sikh community.[1]
^"FAQs". City Sikhs. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
its first director. Some of the events that CitySikhs has organised include: 17 August 2011: "Sikhs, the City and Success", hosted by Barclays Wealth 2...
religion, is a Sikh. Male Sikhs generally have Singh ('lion') as their last name, though not all Singhs are necessarily Sikhs; likewise, female Sikhs have Kaur...
most of them Sikhs, travelled south to the United States of America. The Gur Sikh Temple opened on February 26, 1911; Sikhs and non-Sikhs from across British...
name'). Baptized Sikhs are obliged to wear the Five Ks, which are five articles of faith which physically distinguish Sikhs from non-Sikhs. Among these include...
Sikhism in Pakistan has an extensive heritage and history, although Sikhs form a small community in Pakistan today. Most Sikhs live in the province of...
Retrieved 14 April 2023. "How Many U.S. Sikhs?". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 18 March 2023. "About Sikhs". Sikh Coalition. Retrieved 14 April 2023. "H...
dome. The Sikhs attempted not to offend the prejudices of Muslims, noted Baron von Hügel, the Austrian botanist and explorer, yet the Sikhs were described...
Administrative divisions with significant proportions of Sikhs include Punjab, India (Sikhs account for 58 percent of the population), Chandigarh, India...
Sikhism in Afghanistan in the contemporary era is limited to small populations, primarily in major cities, with the largest numbers of Afghan Sikhs living...
rulers killed many prominent Sikhs for refusing to obey their orders, and for opposing the persecution of Sikhs. Of the ten Sikh gurus, two, Guru Arjan and...
additional organisations which have been setup by Sikhs to support the community: British Sikh Report CitySikhs Gurdwara Sahib Leamington and Warwick Guru Nanak...
thousands of Sikhs were massacred, led to a resurgence in Sikh religiosity and a strengthening of ties with their Sikh brethren in Punjab. Diaspora Sikhs felt...
Italian Sikhs". Hindustan Times. Up to 150,000 Sikhs now live there, making it the largest Sikh Community in Europe after the one in Britain "The Sikhs Spearheading...
sector. Many Sikhs also have opened up Indian restaurants around Portugal. Most Sikhs can be found in Lisbon, Porto, Albufeira and other cities in the Algarve...
The Bhatra Sikhs (also known as Bhat Sikhs) are a group within the Sikhs who originated from the bards of the time of Guru Nanak. Eleanor Nesbitt and...
Athwal Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu List of British Sikhs List of Canadian Sikhs Press Office – Sikhs and the City. BBC (2004-08-13). Retrieved on 2010-12-14....
the 7th century CE. Sikhism was founded in the 15th century CE by Guru Nanak. Guru Granth Sahib is the scripture followed by Sikhs as "The Living Guru"...
the murders and massacres of Sikhs after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984. Sikhs For Justice was banned in India...
"Sikh Dharma movement" and "Khalsa Dharma movement" and are often called Gora (meaning "white person", though not all White Sikhs follow 3HO) Sikhs and...
Osterley and Ealing. The largest Sikh organisation in the UK is the London-based CitySikhs. The number of Sikhs in London is around 150,000, of which...
German Sikhs are a growing religious minority in Germany. The majority of German Sikhs have their roots from the Punjab, India with the remaining coming...
of Patna. Patna City history belongs to Patliputra. It is regarded as very sacred by the Sikhs in India. The tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh...
sāhib) is a city and capital of Nankana Sahib District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is named after the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak,...
Kingdom (525,000) and sixth largest number of Sikhs in the world. It is estimated that there are 220,000 Sikhs in Italy, constituting 0.3% of the total Italian...
in 1767, he left Lahore which was re-captured by the Sikhs. For more than three decades, Sikhs consolidated their power in areas of the Punjab, though...
effort of constructing a new, larger Sikh temple funded by donations from local Sikhs. The local Shanghai Sikhs had been desiring a larger gurdwara for...
Khatri and Sikh Khatri communities. William Owen Cole and Piara Singh Sambhi state that for Khatri Sikhs, intermarriage between Hindus and Sikhs of same...