Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/events/ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/Events # Events Moments that shaped Punjab, in order, from the timelines of Kosh entries. Each links to the place where it happened. ## 1st century 1. Early 1800sNawab Qutbuddin Khan of Mamdot founds Jalalabad as his capital, naming it for his son Jalaluddin. [Jalalabad →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalalabad/) 2. c. 1st centuryFounded as Raghupur by Raja Raghab, a Brahmin ruler. [Rahon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rahon/) 3. 24 November 1995Moga district is carved out of Faridkot; the city becomes its headquarters. [Moga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga/) 4. 30 July 1857Soldiers of the 26th Native Infantry are killed at Ajnala and thrown into the Kalianwala Khu. [Ajnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ajnala/) 5. 47The Romans found Ratae Corieltauvorum at the site of Leicester. [Leicester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leicester/) 6. 49 BCEBergomum, modern Bergamo, becomes a Roman municipality. [Bergamo →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bergamo/) ## 2nd century 1. 187 BCMarcus Aemilius Lepidus builds the Via Aemilia; Regium Lepidi, modern Reggio, is founded on it. [Reggio Emilia →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/reggio-emilia/) ## 7th century 1. 630sThe Chinese traveller Xuanzang notes Sirhind as the capital of the Shitotulo (Sutlej) district. [Sirhind →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sirhind/) ## 8th century 1. 753 BCRome's legendary founding by Romulus, the date from which the city counted its years. [Rome →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rome/) 2. 794Frankfurt is first mentioned in a document, as Franconofurd, the ford of the Franks on the Main. [Frankfurt →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/frankfurt/) ## 9th century 1. 808Charlemagne orders the Hammaburg castle built between the Alster and the Elbe, the origin of Hamburg's name. [Hamburg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamburg/) ## 10th century 1. 985Lady Wulfruna founds the town that becomes Wolverhampton. [Wolverhampton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/wolverhampton/) ## 11th century 1. 1000Tradition dates the founding by Rajput chief Shankar Sahai. [Garhshankar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/garhshankar/) 2. 1043Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and Lady Godiva found a Benedictine monastery at Coventry. [Coventry →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/coventry/) ## 12th century 1. 1103Sultan Khan Lodhi, a general of Mahmud of Ghazni, founds the city. [Sultanpur Lodhi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sultanpur-lodhi/) 2. 1158Henry the Lion founds Munich by the Isar crossing to control the salt trade; 14 June 1158 is kept as the founding day. [Munich →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/munich/) 3. 1189Hamburg receives Free Imperial City status with tax-free passage down the Lower Elbe. [Hamburg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamburg/) 4. 1192Qutb-ud-Din Aibak is endowed with the territory of Samana. [Samana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/samana/) ## 13th century 1. 1200sMāori settle Tauranga in the late 13th century; the name means a resting place or anchorage. [Tauranga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tauranga/) 2. 1240Razia Sultan, deposed from the throne of Delhi, is held prisoner in Qila Mubarak. [Bathinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bathinda/) 3. 1241Hamburg's alliance with Lubeck is regarded as the founding moment of the Hanseatic League. [Hamburg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamburg/) 4. 1255Munich becomes the ducal residence of Upper Bavaria. [Munich →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/munich/) ## 14th century 1. 1345A charter of Edward III formally recognises Coventry's city status. [Coventry →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/coventry/) 2. 1372Frankfurt becomes an imperial free city of the Holy Roman Empire. [Frankfurt →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/frankfurt/) ## 15th century 1. 1428Bergamo is ceded to the Republic of Venice, whose rule later builds the Città Alta walls. [Bergamo →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bergamo/) 2. 1451The University of Glasgow is founded. [Glasgow →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/glasgow/) 3. 1454Sheikh Sadruddin settles at Malerkotla; the princely state traces its origin to this settlement. [Malerkotla →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla/) 4. 1454Shaikh Sadruddin receives land in marriage grant from Behlol Lodhi, laying the foundation of Maler. [Malerkotla District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla-district/) 5. 1478The Rai family founds Talwandi Rai in the Ludhiana plain. [Raikot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/raikot/) 6. 1480Ludhiana is founded by Lodi chiefs Yusuf Khan and Nihad Khan. [Ludhiana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ludhiana/) 7. 1487Guru Nanak Dev Ji marries Mata Sulakhni at Batala. [Batala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/batala/) 8. 1487Guru Nanak arrives in Sultanpur and takes work at the modi khana. [Sultanpur Lodhi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sultanpur-lodhi/) 9. 1493Jhanda Khan Gakhar re-establishes the ruined town as Rawalpindi. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 10. 1499Guru Nanak bathes in the Kali Bein and emerges enlightened, uttering 'Na koi Hindu, na Musalman'. [Sultanpur Lodhi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sultanpur-lodhi/) ## 16th century 1. 1506Munich becomes the capital of a reunited Bavaria. [Munich →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/munich/) 2. 1517–1526Flourishing trade centre under Ibrahim Lodhi, reported population 145,000\. [Rahon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rahon/) 3. 1530Mirza Hadi Beg founds the town. [Qadian →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/qadian/) 4. 1539Tradition: Sher Shah Suri seeks Raj Dev's blessings before attacking Humayun. [Balachaur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/balachaur/) 5. 1540Bassi Pathana is founded as a settlement of Pathans, the City of Pathanas. [Bassi Pathana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bassi-pathana/) 6. 1540Sher Shah Suri builds a sarai at Rajpura on the imperial highway, between 1540 and 1545\. [Rajpura →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rajpura/) 7. 1542Sher Shah Suri's sarai is raised at Phillaur on the imperial road. [Phillaur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/phillaur/) 8. 1556–1605Capital of the Dardhak Mahal in Akbar’s reign. [Rahon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rahon/) 9. 1557Akbar's army under Lahore governor Khizr Khan camps at Dasuya against Sikandar Sur. [Dasuya →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dasuya/) 10. 1577Guru Ram Das founds the city around a natural pool. [Amritsar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amritsar/) 11. 1590sThe Ain-i-Akbari lists Sunam as a pargana of Sirhind sarkar with a brick fort. [Sunam →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sunam/) ## 17th century 1. 1600sGuru Hargobind Sahib founds the town, naming it after himself; Guru Ki Maseet is built. [Sri Hargobindpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sri-hargobindpur/) 2. 1600sThe Sarai Lashkari serai is built on the imperial highway in the time of Aurangzeb. [Doraha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/doraha/) 3. 1600sSanghu, a Jat, founds the settlement that becomes Sangrur, by tradition. [Sangrur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sangrur/) 4. 1604The Adi Granth is installed in Harmandir Sahib. [Amritsar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amritsar/) 5. 1606Guru Hargobind establishes the Akal Takht. [Amritsar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amritsar/) 6. 1621Nur Jahan has the Serai Nurmahal built under Zakariya Khan (1028–1030 Hijri). [Nurmahal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nurmahal/) 7. 1630sGuru Hargobind halts at Doraha during his Malwa travels; gurdwaras later mark the visit. [Doraha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/doraha/) 8. 1631Guru Hargobind visits the Jagraon region; Gurdwara Guru Sar is later raised at Kaunke. [Jagraon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jagraon/) 9. 1634The Battle of Lahira is fought in the district between Guru Hargobind and Mughal forces. [Bathinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bathinda/) 10. 1642Montreal is founded as Ville-Marie on 17 May. [Montreal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/montreal/) 11. 1648The Rai family founds Raikot, seat of their chieftainship. [Raikot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/raikot/) 12. 1657Bayazid Khan founds the fort of Malerkotla — the princely state in whose orbit Ahmedgarh grows as a qasba market town. [Ahmedgarh →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ahmedgarh/) 13. 1657Bayazid Khan, a descendant of Shaikh Sadruddin, founds Kotla. [Malerkotla District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla-district/) 14. 1658–1707Brick fort built at Rahon under Aurangzeb. [Rahon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rahon/) 15. 1675Bhai Jaita Ji rests at the present Nabha Sahib site carrying Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji's head towards Anandpur Sahib. [Zirakpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/zirakpur/) 16. 1675Sayyad Jalal-ud-Din of Samana executes Guru Tegh Bahadur at Delhi's Chandni Chowk. [Samana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/samana/) 17. 1680Chaudhri Rama, son of Chaudhri Phul, founds the town. [Rampura Phul →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rampura-phul/) 18. 1688Rai Kamaluddin of Raikot founds Jagraon. [Jagraon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jagraon/) 19. 1688Rai Kamaluddin of Raikot founds Jagraon. [Raikot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/raikot/) 20. 1688Guru Gobind Singh Ji visits the site on his return from Paonta Sahib after the Battle of Bhangani. [Zirakpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/zirakpur/) 21. 1696Guru Gobind Singh sends a hukamnama to Rama and Tiloka. [Rampura Phul →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rampura-phul/) ## 18th century 1. 1700sFaiz Baksh, Governor of Sirhind, founds Amloh. [Amloh →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amloh/) 2. 1701Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit is founded on 24 July 1701\. [Detroit →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/detroit/) 3. 1704Wazir Khan, the Mughal governor, has the younger Sahibzadas Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh bricked alive. [Sirhind →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sirhind/) 4. 1705Nawab Sher Mohammed Khan protests the execution of the younger Sahibzadas: the Haa da Naara. [Malerkotla →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla/) 5. 1705Work begins on the Pothimala building, the manuscript house of the Sodhi family. [Guru Har Sahai →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/guru-har-sahai/) 6. 1705Rai Kalha shelters Guru Gobind Singh Ji at Raikot and receives the Ganga Sagar and a sword. [Raikot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/raikot/) 7. 1705Nawab Sher Mohammed Khan of Malerkotla protests the sentencing of Guru Gobind Singh's young sons at Sirhind — the act behind the region's lasting communal harmony. [Ahmedgarh →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ahmedgarh/) 8. 1705Mata Gujri and the younger Sahibzade are held for a night in Morinda's kotwali after their arrest at Saheri. [Morinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/morinda/) 9. 1705Nawab Sher Mohammed Khan protests the execution of Guru Gobind Singh young sons at Sirhind, remembered as Haa da Naara. [Malerkotla District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla-district/) 10. 1709Banda Singh Bahadur destroys Banur on his march from Lohgarh towards Sirhind. [Banur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/banur/) 11. 1709Banda Singh Bahadur sacks Samana; the Mughals retake it the following year. [Samana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/samana/) 12. 1710Banda Singh Bahadur captures Sirhind and executes Wazir Khan. [Sirhind →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sirhind/) 13. 1710Battle of Rahon — Banda Singh Bahadur defeats the Mughals and takes the town. [Rahon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rahon/) 14. 1714Rama is killed at Maler Kotla. [Rampura Phul →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rampura-phul/) 15. 1721Lombe's Mill, the Derby silk mill, opens as an early British factory. [Derby →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/derby/) 16. 1722Baba Ala Singh establishes his headquarters at Barnala, with about thirty villages under him. [Barnala District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala-district/) 17. 1731Ala Singh's victory at the Battle of Barnala makes him a leading Cis-Sutlej chief. [Barnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala/) 18. 1731Ala Singh defeats Rai Kalha of Raikot at Barnala and expands his territory. [Barnala District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala-district/) 19. 1739Nader Shah's invasion devastates the city on his way to Delhi. [Sultanpur Lodhi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sultanpur-lodhi/) 20. 1742Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala recovers Samana for the Sikh side. [Samana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/samana/) 21. 1745Guru Jiwan Mal founds the locality and names it Guru Har Sahai after his son Har Sahai. [Guru Har Sahai →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/guru-har-sahai/) 22. 1750The town passes to the Sikhs of the Ahluwalia confederacy. [Nurmahal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nurmahal/) 23. 1754Maharaja Ala Singh of Patiala conquers Bathinda; the town follows Patiala State until independence. [Bathinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bathinda/) 24. 1755Hamir Singh of the Phulkian family founds the town of Nabha. [Nabha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nabha/) 25. 1759Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia restores the city and takes its historic shrines under his protection. [Sultanpur Lodhi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sultanpur-lodhi/) 26. 1759Becomes capital of the Dallewalia Misl under Tara Singh Ghaiba. [Rahon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rahon/) 27. 1760The Rais of Raikot take Ludhiana town. [Raikot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/raikot/) 28. 1762Ahmad Shah Durrani burns Barnala and forces Ala Singh to submit. [Barnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala/) 29. 1763Baba Ala Singh founds Patiala and lays the foundation of Qila Mubarak. [Patiala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patiala/) 30. 1763After the fall of Sirhind, Raja Hamir Singh of Nabha annexes Amloh. [Amloh →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amloh/) 31. 1763Kalsia State is founded; Dera Bassi becomes the seat of its Basi tehsil. [Dera Bassi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dera-bassi/) 32. 1763Nabha State is established with Nabha as its capital. [Nabha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nabha/) 33. 1763Ala Singh builds a fort at the seat that becomes Patiala, which replaces Barnala as his permanent capital. [Barnala District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala-district/) 34. 1764The Dal Khalsa defeats governor Zain Khan and occupies Sirhind; it passes to Baba Ala Singh of Patiala. [Sirhind →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sirhind/) 35. 1764Ala Singh shifts his capital from Barnala to the newly founded Patiala. [Barnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala/) 36. 1766The Faizullahpuria Misl captures Jalandhar. [Jalandhar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalandhar/) 37. 1766Sardar Milkha Singh invites Jhelum and Shahpur traders to settle. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 38. 1773Sangrur passes from Nabha State to Jind State. [Sangrur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sangrur/) 39. 1779Jassa Singh Ahluwalia decisively occupies Kapurthala in December and makes it the Ahluwalia headquarters. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 40. 1780sManchester's first cotton mill is built, and the town begins its rise as Cottonopolis. [Manchester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/manchester/) 41. 1788The First Fleet establishes the penal colony at Sydney Cove in January 1788\. [Sydney →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sydney/) 42. 1790Rai Ahmad of Jagraon is arrested by the Maratha general Ranee Khan and escapes at Panipat. [Jagraon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jagraon/) 43. 1791Birmingham is hailed as the first manufacturing town in the world. [Birmingham →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/birmingham/) 44. 1797The tricolour that becomes the Italian flag is first adopted in Reggio on 7 January 1797\. [Reggio Emilia →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/reggio-emilia/) ## 19th century 1. 1800sSamrala develops as a qasba market town on the Ludhiana–Chandigarh route. [Samrala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/samrala/) 2. 1806Detroit is incorporated as a city on 13 September 1806\. [Detroit →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/detroit/) 3. 1806Munich becomes the capital of the new Kingdom of Bavaria. [Munich →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/munich/) 4. 1808The Raja of Patiala signs a treaty with the British against Ranjit Singh. [Patiala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patiala/) 5. 1809After the Treaty of Amritsar, Ludhiana becomes a British cantonment on the Sutlej frontier. [Ludhiana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ludhiana/) 6. 1809Maharaja Ranjit Singh occupies Hoshiarpur. [Hoshiarpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hoshiarpur/) 7. 1809Ranjit Singh rebuilds the sarai as a fort, designed by Dewan Mohkam Chand. [Phillaur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/phillaur/) 8. 1810Ranjit Singh seizes Rawalpindi; Sikh rule consolidated at Haidru, 1813\. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 9. 1810A royal wedding celebration on the meadows outside Munich grows into the annual Oktoberfest. [Munich →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/munich/) 10. 1811Maharaja Ranjit Singh incorporates Jalandhar into the Sikh Empire. [Jalandhar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalandhar/) 11. 1816The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is completed, deepening the city's industrial growth. [Leeds →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leeds/) 12. 1822Raja Sangat Singh makes Sangrur the capital of Jind State. [Sangrur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sangrur/) 13. 1824A penal settlement is founded at Redcliffe, the start of Brisbane, and moves to the Brisbane River site the next year. [Brisbane →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/brisbane/) 14. 1829Captain James Stirling founds Perth on 4 June 1829 as the centre of the Swan River Colony. [Perth →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/perth/) 15. 1830The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens, the world's first modern railway. [Manchester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/manchester/) 16. 1831Maharaja Ranjit Singh meets Governor-General Lord William Bentinck at Ropar in October; the meeting's agreement is dated 26 October. [Rupnagar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rupnagar/) 17. 1832Montreal is incorporated as a city. [Montreal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/montreal/) 18. 1835Melbourne is founded by free settlers from Van Diemen's Land on the Yarra River. [Melbourne →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/melbourne/) 19. 1836Adelaide is founded on 28 December 1836 as the planned capital of South Australia. [Adelaide →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adelaide/) 20. 1837Chicago is incorporated as a city on 4 March 1837\. [Chicago →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/chicago/) 21. 1837Houston is incorporated on 5 June 1837\. [Houston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/houston/) 22. 1839Maharaja Ranjit Singh dies in Lahore; Majithia sardars had served high office in his darbar. [Majitha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/majitha/) 23. 1839The railway reaches Derby, and the city grows into a centre of the British rail industry. [Derby →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/derby/) 24. 1840Auckland is founded on 18 September 1840 and becomes the colony's capital. [Auckland →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/auckland/) 25. 1842The Great Fire destroys about a quarter of the inner city. [Hamburg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamburg/) 26. 1844The British administration makes Garhshankar a tehsil. [Garhshankar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/garhshankar/) 27. 1844J.H. Oliver founds Fazilka on land ceded by the Bahawalpur princely state, naming it after Mian Fazil Watto. [Fazilka →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka/) 28. 1844J.H. Oliver founds Fazilka town as a trading post, named for Mian Fazil Watoo. [Fazilka District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka-district/) 29. 1845The Battle of Mudki is fought nearby, opening the First Anglo-Sikh War. [Zira →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/zira/) 30. 1846The Jalandhar Doab passes to the British after the First Anglo-Sikh War. [Hoshiarpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hoshiarpur/) 31. 1846The British take the fort after the Battle of Aliwal. [Phillaur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/phillaur/) 32. 1846After the First Anglo-Sikh War, a quarter of the state's territory is confiscated and Raja Davinder Singh is deposed. [Nabha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nabha/) 33. 1847Indianapolis is incorporated as a city. [Indianapolis →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/indianapolis/) 34. 1848Jalandhar Cantonment is established, among the oldest in India. [Jalandhar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalandhar/) 35. 1848Sacramento is laid out in December 1848 south of Sutter's Fort during the Gold Rush. [Sacramento →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sacramento/) 36. 1849Maharaja Duleep Singh spends the night of 31 December at Bassian Kothi on his way into exile. [Raikot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/raikot/) 37. 1849Sikh commanders surrender near Rawalpindi; Punjab annexed by the British. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 38. 1849Stockton is founded during the California Gold Rush; it is incorporated in 1850\. [Stockton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/stockton/) 39. 1850The Khanna jagir lapses to the British on the death of its last holder, Mai Daya Kaur. [Khanna →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khanna/) 40. 1850Sacramento is incorporated on 27 February 1850, the oldest incorporated city in California. [Sacramento →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sacramento/) 41. 1850The First Four Ships bring the Canterbury Pilgrims to Lyttelton Harbour. [Christchurch →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/christchurch/) 42. 1851Work begins on the Bari Doab Canal from the Madhopur headworks near Pathankot. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 43. 1851Cantonment decision — Rawalpindi becomes the Northern Command's largest garrison town. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 44. 1851Melbourne becomes the capital of the new Colony of Victoria, and gold is discovered in Victoria. [Melbourne →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/melbourne/) 45. 1853Pathankot is merged into Gurdaspur district under British rule. [Pathankot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/pathankot/) 46. 1854Sacramento becomes the permanent capital of California. [Sacramento →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sacramento/) 47. 1856Dallas is incorporated as a city on 2 February 1856\. [Dallas →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dallas/) 48. 1856Christchurch becomes a city by letters patent on 31 July 1856, New Zealand's oldest established city. [Christchurch →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/christchurch/) 49. 1857282 soldiers of the 26th Native Infantry are killed at Kalianwala Khu. [Ajnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ajnala/) 50. 1857Government High School founded — the oldest government school in Punjab. [Rahon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rahon/) 51. 1858Sardar Fateh Singh builds the family's ancestral house. [Khatkar Kalan →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khatkar-kalan/) 52. 1859Garibaldi takes Bergamo; its volunteers earn it the name Città dei Mille, City of the Thousand. [Bergamo →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bergamo/) 53. 1861Kennedy Trail opens a settler route through present-day Surrey. [Surrey →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/surrey/) 54. 1863Colonel Thomas Baker arrives on the Kern River; his stopover becomes known as Baker's Field. [Bakersfield →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bakersfield/) 55. 1864The 4th Waikato Regiment settles Hamilton in August 1864, after the Invasion of Waikato. [Hamilton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamilton/) 56. 1865Lala Lajpat Rai is born at Dhudike. [Dhudike →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhudike/) 57. 1866Prussia annexes the Free City of Frankfurt after the Austro-Prussian War. [Frankfurt →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/frankfurt/) 58. 1867Ludhiana Municipality is established. [Ludhiana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ludhiana/) 59. 1867Municipal status granted. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 60. 1868Albon Platt Man buys about 400 acres and Edward Richmond lays out the community of Richmond Hill. [Richmond Hill →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/richmond-hill/) 61. 1869Thomas Baker lays out the Bakersfield townsite. [Bakersfield →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bakersfield/) 62. 1869Seattle is incorporated on 2 December 1869\. [Seattle →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/seattle/) 63. 1870The railway from Ludhiana reaches Khanna and growth shifts towards the station. [Khanna →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khanna/) 64. 1870Doraha railway station opens. [Doraha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/doraha/) 65. 1871Rome becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. [Rome →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rome/) 66. 187265 Namdhari prisoners are executed by cannon at Malerkotla without trial. [Malerkotla →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla/) 67. 1872Fresno is founded as a railway station; it is incorporated in 1885 and becomes county seat of Fresno County. [Fresno →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fresno/) 68. 1873Bakersfield is first incorporated; it becomes Kern County seat in 1874 and is re-incorporated on 11 January 1898\. [Bakersfield →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bakersfield/) 69. 1873The Livingston post office opens; a spelling error on the application fixes the name as Livingston, for Dr David Livingstone. [Livingston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/livingston/) 70. 1875First Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan held at Devi Talab. [Jalandhar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalandhar/) 71. 1875Mohindra College is founded in Patiala. [Patiala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patiala/) 72. 1877Jagatjit Singh ascends the throne of Kapurthala State as a child. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 73. 1879The Upper Bari Doab Canal is completed, irrigating the Dhariwal tract. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 74. 1879Surrey incorporated as a municipality, named for the English county. [Surrey →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/surrey/) 75. 1879Delta is incorporated as a municipality, with Ladner as its centre. [Delta →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/delta/) 76. 1880The New Egerton Woolen Mills is established at Dhariwal. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 77. 1880The Valley View School District is founded and Selma's first post office opens, as the railroad townsite takes shape. [Selma →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/selma/) 78. 1882The first Ropar headworks opens, feeding the Sirhind Canal. [Rupnagar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rupnagar/) 79. 1882The Sirhind Canal begins carrying water from Ropar and reaches Doraha. [Doraha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/doraha/) 80. 1884Sir Alexander MacRobert purchases the mills. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 81. 1885Fazilka gets a municipality on 10 December. [Fazilka →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka/) 82. 1885Maharaja Raghubir Singh commissions the Clock Tower. [Sangrur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sangrur/) 83. 1886Khanna becomes a class II municipality. [Khanna →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khanna/) 84. 1888The name Woogoolga is gazetted; it becomes Woolgoolga in 1966\. [Woolgoolga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/woolgoolga/) 85. 1889Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founds the Ahmadiyya movement. [Qadian →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/qadian/) 86. 1890sSikhs are among the first Punjabi settlers in Christchurch, in the small wave of 1890 to 1910\. [Christchurch →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/christchurch/) 87. 1891Christian Boys High School, Kharar's oldest educational institution, is established. [Kharar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kharar/) 88. 1892The Finger Print Bureau — among the region's oldest forensic units — is set up. [Phillaur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/phillaur/) 89. 1893Selma is incorporated on 15 March 1893, the second city in Fresno County. [Selma →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/selma/) 90. 1893Leeds is awarded city status. [Leeds →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leeds/) 91. 1894Richmond Hill is incorporated as an independent village. [Richmond Hill →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/richmond-hill/) 92. 1894The Manchester Ship Canal opens, linking inland Manchester to the sea. [Manchester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/manchester/) 93. 1897Havildar Ishar Singh of Jhorran, in Jagraon tehsil, leads 21 Sikhs at the Battle of Saragarhi. [Jagraon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jagraon/) 94. 1898Richmond Hill becomes part of New York City as Queens is consolidated into the city. [Richmond Hill →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/richmond-hill/) 95. 1899Udham Singh is born at Sunam on 26 December. [Sunam →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sunam/) ## 20th century 1. 1900sThe town becomes the headquarters of Samrala tehsil in Ludhiana district. [Samrala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/samrala/) 2. 1900Sohan Singh Bhullar arrives in Canada from Punjab, aged 18; he moves to Alberta in 1907\. [Edmonton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/edmonton/) 3. 1901The railway reaches Moga; the tea trade coins the phrase Moga chah joga. [Moga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga/) 4. 1901Melbourne becomes the interim seat of the Australian government, serving until Canberra takes over in 1927\. [Melbourne →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/melbourne/) 5. 1902Sikh soldiers from Punjab arrive in Vancouver aboard the Empress of Japan. [Vancouver →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/vancouver/) 6. 1904The mill employs 908 people; the Imperial Gazetteer calls its woollens famous across colonial India. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 7. 1904The Punjab States Gazetteer lists Morinda among the chhats of the Taoni Rajputs. [Morinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/morinda/) 8. 1904Kharar serves as a chhat (estate centre) of the Taoni Rajputs, with 116 villages under it. [Kharar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kharar/) 9. 1905Hoshiarpur railway station is built; the city is the terminus of the Jalandhar branch. [Hoshiarpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hoshiarpur/) 10. 1905Dhuri station opens on the Ludhiana to Jakhal line; a second line to Rajpura and Bathinda later makes it a junction. [Dhuri →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhuri/) 11. 1906The Khanna grain market, later known as Asia's largest, is established. [Khanna →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khanna/) 12. 1906Khalsa Diwan Society founded, the first Sikh organization in Canada. [Vancouver →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/vancouver/) 13. 1906First Sikh recorded as arriving in Yuba City. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 14. 1906First Sikh recorded as coming to Fresno (Pluralism Project, Gurdwara Nanaksar). [Fresno →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fresno/) 15. 1907Bellingham riots: Sikh lumber mill workers north of Seattle are attacked and driven out of Bellingham. [Seattle →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/seattle/) 16. 1908The Jagatjit Palace is completed. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 17. 1908First gurdwara in Canada opens at 1866 West 2nd Avenue. [Vancouver →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/vancouver/) 18. 1908Yuba City is incorporated on 23 January; it is the county seat of Sutter County. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 19. 1908The Khalsa Jatha British Isles is founded in London, the first gurdwara established in Europe. [London →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/london/) 20. 1910Harnam Singh Hari settles with the first Sikh family in the Calgary area. [Calgary →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/calgary/) 21. 1910Park Extension is annexed to Montreal, becoming the city's immigrant landing district. [Montreal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/montreal/) 22. 1911Maharaja Bhupinder Singh captains the first all India cricket team to tour England. [Patiala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patiala/) 23. 1911Maharaja Hira Singh takes the title of Maharaja at the end of his long reign. [Nabha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nabha/) 24. 1912The Jalandhar–Firozpur railway line is laid; Makhu station opens on it. [Makhu →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/makhu/) 25. 1912Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan Society founders Jawala Singh and Wasakha Singh establish Gurdwara Sahib Stockton on 24 October, the first gurdwara in the United States. [Stockton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/stockton/) 26. 1913Kartar Singh is recorded as the first person to buy land in Sutter County; Alien Land Laws bar Punjabis from owning land. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 27. 1913Stockton Gurdwara backs the Ghadar Party and its Punjabi newspaper, The Ghadar. [Stockton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/stockton/) 28. 1914Komagata Maru held in Vancouver harbour; the community supports its passengers. [Vancouver →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/vancouver/) 29. 1915The railway from Jalandhar City reaches Mukerian. [Mukerian →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mukerian/) 30. 1916Sikh soldier John Baboo enlists in Winnipeg for the First World War; wounded at Vimy Ridge. [Winnipeg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/winnipeg/) 31. 1919The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, 13 April. [Amritsar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amritsar/) 32. 1919Leicester's city status is restored. [Leicester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leicester/) 33. 1920Khalsa Senior Secondary School is founded, anchoring Sikh education in the town. [Kharar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kharar/) 34. 1920sA larger group of about 20 Sikhs settles in Fresno after the First World War. [Fresno →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fresno/) 35. 1920Punjabi immigrants own 2,099 acres and lease 86,340 acres, almost exclusively in the Imperial and Sacramento valleys (UC Berkeley). [Sacramento →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sacramento/) 36. 1922Raja Ravi Sher Singh of Kalsia visits Dera Bassi. [Dera Bassi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dera-bassi/) 37. 1922Livingston is incorporated as a city on 11 September 1922\. [Livingston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/livingston/) 38. 1923Maharaja Ripudaman Singh is forced to abdicate; his removal feeds into the Jaito Morcha. [Nabha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nabha/) 39. 1924Puna Singh and family are recorded as the first Asian Indian resident family in the area. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 40. 1924Immigration Act restricts Punjabi immigration; land laws affect Punjabi farmers in California. [Fresno →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fresno/) 41. 1925Pt. Ramjidass manufactures India's first sewing machine at Bassi Pathana. [Bassi Pathana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bassi-pathana/) 42. 1925By the early to mid 1920s Bhatra Sikhs are established in Glasgow and Edinburgh. [Glasgow →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/glasgow/) 43. 1926DAV College Hoshiarpur is established. [Hoshiarpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hoshiarpur/) 44. 1927Government College Hoshiarpur begins as an intermediate college. [Hoshiarpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hoshiarpur/) 45. 1927Morinda Junction railway station opens. [Morinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/morinda/) 46. 1927All Saints Church becomes Derby Cathedral, creating the Diocese of Derby. [Derby →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/derby/) 47. 1928Lajpat Rai dies of injuries from the Lahore lathi charge. [Dhudike →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhudike/) 48. 1929The Kangra Valley Railway opens from Pathankot to Jogindernagar. [Pathankot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/pathankot/) 49. 1929The Lateran Treaty creates Vatican City, an independent state enclaved inside Rome. [Rome →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rome/) 50. 1930The Moorish Mosque is completed. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 51. 1930sThe first Asian settlers arrive in Leeds, men seeking employment. [Leeds →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leeds/) 52. 1930sFrom the late 1930s, many Punjabi Sikhs settle in the Waikato and take up dairy farming. [Hamilton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamilton/) 53. 1932Harchand Singh Longowal is born on 2 January at Gidariani; he later settles at Longowal and takes its name. [Longowal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/longowal/) 54. 1932The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens, linking the city centre to the north shore. [Sydney →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sydney/) 55. 1932Latina is founded as Littoria on 30 June 1932 on the drained Pontine Marshes and inaugurated on 18 December 1932\. [Latina →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/latina/) 56. 1933Port of Stockton deepwater channel opens, making Stockton an inland seaport. [Stockton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/stockton/) 57. 1934Littoria becomes a provincial capital. [Latina →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/latina/) 58. 1936Maharaja Bhupinder Singh builds the Kali Devi Temple. [Patiala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patiala/) 59. 1937Pattullo Bridge opens, linking Surrey to New Westminster. [Surrey →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/surrey/) 60. 1939Punjabi pioneers from Rurka Kalan help set up the Indian Workers Association in Coventry. [Coventry →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/coventry/) 61. 1940Udham Singh shoots Michael O'Dwyer at Caxton Hall, London, on 13 March; he is hanged at Pentonville on 31 July. [Sunam →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sunam/) 62. 1940The Coventry Blitz of 14 November kills 568 people and destroys the medieval cathedral. [Coventry →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/coventry/) 63. 1940The Story Bridge opens across the Brisbane River. [Brisbane →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/brisbane/) 64. 1943Allied firebombing in Operation Gomorrah devastates much of Hamburg and its harbour. [Hamburg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamburg/) 65. 1946After the Second World War the city is renamed Latina. [Latina →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/latina/) 66. 1947Partition puts the border about 28 km west of the city. [Amritsar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amritsar/) 67. 1947Partition reshapes the town as refugee families join the mill workforce. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 68. 1947Partition keeps Pathankot in India, turning it into a border city. [Pathankot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/pathankot/) 69. 1947Partition; Sujanpur remains in Gurdaspur district, East Punjab. [Sujanpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sujanpur/) 70. 1947Partition; Tanda remains in Hoshiarpur district, East Punjab. [Tanda (Tanda Urmar) →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tanda/) 71. 1947Kapurthala State accedes to India; it joins PEPSU the following year. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 72. 1947Partition refugees settle and build Phagwara's small industries. [Phagwara →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/phagwara/) 73. 1947Partition; Goraya remains in Jalandhar district, East Punjab. [Goraya →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/goraya/) 74. 1947Partition; the town remains in its district in East Punjab. [Nakodar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nakodar/) 75. 1947Partition; Shahkot remains in Jalandhar district, East Punjab. [Shahkot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/shahkot/) 76. 1947Partition; the town remains in its district in East Punjab. [Banga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/banga/) 77. 1947Malerkotla stays comparatively peaceful through Partition. [Malerkotla →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla/) 78. 1947Partition; Payal remains in Ludhiana district, East Punjab. [Payal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/payal/) 79. 1947Partition reshapes trade routes across Malwa's mandi towns. [Tapa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tapa/) 80. 1947Partition; Malwa's mandi towns absorb trade disrupted by the new border. [Mansa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mansa/) 81. 1947Partition reshapes trade across southern Malwa. [Budhlada →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/budhlada/) 82. 1947After Partition, the town becomes part of Barnala district in PEPSU. [Rampura Phul →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rampura-phul/) 83. 1947Partition; Malwa's mandi towns absorb refugees and trade grows. [Maur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/maur/) 84. 1947Partition; refugees settle in the town as the new border takes shape nearby. [Malout →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malout/) 85. 1947Partition makes Abohar a border city; refugees settle in large numbers. [Abohar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/abohar/) 86. 1947The Radcliffe Line makes Fazilka a border town. [Fazilka →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka/) 87. 1947Partition; the area's trade routes are redrawn. [Jalalabad →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalalabad/) 88. 1947Partition; the Sodhi family's followers across the new border are cut off from the town. [Guru Har Sahai →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/guru-har-sahai/) 89. 1947Partition; the town sits in the border district of Ferozepur. [Zira →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/zira/) 90. 1947Partition reshapes trade across the region. [Moga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga/) 91. 1947Partition reshapes the region's trade. [Bagha Purana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bagha-purana/) 92. 1947Partition reshapes the region's trade. [Dharamkot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dharamkot/) 93. 1947Partition; the town sits in the border district of Ferozepur. [Makhu →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/makhu/) 94. 1947Partition; Patti becomes part of the border belt. [Patti →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patti/) 95. 1947Partition; Khem Karan becomes a frontier town on the new border. [Khem Karan →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khem-karan/) 96. 1947Partition; Bhikhiwind becomes part of the border belt. [Bhikhiwind →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhikhiwind/) 97. 1947Partition; Ajnala remains in the border district of Amritsar. [Ajnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ajnala/) 98. 1947Partition; Majitha remains in Amritsar district. [Majitha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/majitha/) 99. 1947Partition; Batala remains the leading city of the border district. [Batala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/batala/) 100. 1947Partition; the Ahmadiyya headquarters moves to Pakistan. [Qadian →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/qadian/) 101. 1947Partition; the town remains in Gurdaspur district. [Sri Hargobindpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sri-hargobindpur/) 102. 1947Rai Inayat Khan, the last Rai chief, holds custody of the Ganga Sagar relic at Partition. [Jagraon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jagraon/) 103. 1947A Model Town colony is laid out along the Samrala road in 1947 to 1949 for refugee families. [Khanna →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khanna/) 104. 1947Partition riots and the Rawalpindi massacres; the city is awarded to Pakistan. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 105. 1948Bathinda becomes a full district headquarters under PEPSU. [Bathinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bathinda/) 106. 1948Patiala becomes capital of PEPSU, with Yadavindra Singh as Rajpramukh. [Patiala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patiala/) 107. 1948Land is acquired and the township is laid out as Bhakra Dam construction is planned. [Nangal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nangal/) 108. 1948The princely state accedes to India and joins PEPSU. [Malerkotla →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla/) 109. 1948Kalsia merges into PEPSU and Dera Bassi joins Kohistan district. [Dera Bassi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dera-bassi/) 110. 1948Banur's time as a Taoni Rajput chhat ends with the reorganisation after Independence. [Banur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/banur/) 111. 1948Nabha State merges into PEPSU; in 1956 PEPSU joins Punjab and Nabha becomes part of Patiala district. [Nabha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nabha/) 112. 1948Sangrur district is formed in PEPSU with Sangrur as headquarters. [Sangrur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sangrur/) 113. 1948Malerkotla princely state joins the Patiala and East Punjab States Union after the princely states are dissolved. [Malerkotla District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla-district/) 114. 1949Government College becomes Panjab University's University College. [Hoshiarpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hoshiarpur/) 115. 1949The Balraj Mandir Committee is formed. [Balachaur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/balachaur/) 116. 1949The Rajpura Development Ordinance creates a planned township for Bahawalpur refugees. [Rajpura →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rajpura/) 117. 1950The first group of South Asian settlers arrives in Southall, recruited for a local factory. [London →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/london/) 118. 1950The first group of South Asian settlers arrives in Southall, recruited for a local factory. [Southall →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/southall/) 119. 1951Census records the population jump brought by Partition migration. [Rajpura →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rajpura/) 120. 1951The Dhuri assembly constituency is established. [Dhuri →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhuri/) 121. 1951Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated at Liaquat Bagh. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 122. 1952The Mukerian to Pathankot railway line is built. [Mukerian →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mukerian/) 123. 1952The Harike Barrage is built at the Sutlej–Beas confluence nearby, creating the Harike wetland. [Makhu →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/makhu/) 124. 1952A new head regulator is built; its reservoir forms the Ropar Wetland lake. [Rupnagar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rupnagar/) 125. 1952Akali Singh Gurdwara opens in East Vancouver. [Vancouver →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/vancouver/) 126. 1952In the early 1950s Glasgow's first gurdwara opens at 79 South Portland Street in the Gorbals. [Glasgow →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/glasgow/) 127. 1953ASI excavations under Y. D. Sharma begin at the Nalagarh Tibbi mound, the first Harappan excavation of independent India. [Rupnagar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rupnagar/) 128. 1953Dera Bassi becomes part of Patiala district. [Dera Bassi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dera-bassi/) 129. 1953Barnala district is abolished and its tehsils divided between Sangrur and Bathinda. [Barnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala/) 130. 1953Barnala district, then in PEPSU, is abolished and its tehsils are divided between Sangrur and Bathinda districts. [Barnala District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala-district/) 131. 1954Nangal Dam is completed and the hydel channel commissioned on 8 July; the Panchsheel principles are formalised on its banks. [Nangal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nangal/) 132. 1954Rampura Phul is moved to Bathinda district. [Rampura Phul →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rampura-phul/) 133. 1954Guru Nanak Dev Ji's birthday celebrated in Toronto for the first time, at a private home. [Toronto →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/toronto/) 134. 1954Organisational roots of the Sikh Cultural Society, later the centre of Little Punjab. [Richmond Hill →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/richmond-hill/) 135. 1955The Indian Air Force builds the Adampur airbase. [Adampur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adampur/) 136. 1955-56The co-operative sugar mill plant is installed as the Janta Co-operative Sugar Mills. [Bhogpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhogpur/) 137. 1956-57The mill crushes its first cane season. [Bhogpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhogpur/) 138. 1956Villagers form the Lala Lajpat Rai Birthplace Memorial Committee. [Dhudike →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhudike/) 139. 1956Dalip Singh Saund, whose Berkeley studies were sponsored by the Stockton Gurdwara, is elected to Congress. [Stockton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/stockton/) 140. 1958Didar Singh Bains arrives in the United States from Hoshiarpur district, Punjab. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 141. 1958The first gurdwara in Leeds is established off Chapeltown Road. [Leeds →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leeds/) 142. 1959–1969Interim capital of Pakistan while Islamabad is built. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 143. 1959George Massey Tunnel opens, ending Delta's isolation. [Delta →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/delta/) 144. 1960The Dera Baba Murad Shah is established in its present organised form. [Nakodar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nakodar/) 145. 1960sSikhs begin settling in Malton, in the city's northeast, near the airport. [Mississauga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mississauga/) 146. 1960sNaturalization records first show a Sikh presence in Kern County, in Taft and Bakersfield (CSU Bakersfield). [Bakersfield →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bakersfield/) 147. 1960The first Sikh gurdwaras open in Leicester as the post-war Sikh community grows. [Leicester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leicester/) 148. 1960Rome hosts the Summer Olympics, where Punjabi sprinter Milkha Singh finishes fourth in the 400 metres. [Rome →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rome/) 149. 1961The National Institute of Sports is founded at Moti Bagh Palace. [Patiala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patiala/) 150. 1961Sainik School Kapurthala is inaugurated in the Jagatjit Palace. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 151. 1961Nestle builds its first Indian production facility at Moga. [Moga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga/) 152. 1961Nestlé sets up its first Indian dairy plant at Moga. [Moga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga/) 153. 1961Nestle sets up its first Indian manufacturing facility at Moga. [Moga District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga-district/) 154. 1961Sri Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara is established in Manchester, beginning in a terraced house in Hulme. [Manchester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/manchester/) 155. 1962Punjab Agricultural University is established at Ludhiana. [Ludhiana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ludhiana/) 156. 1962Didar Singh Bains buys his first land; he becomes the largest peach farmer in California by 1978\. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 157. 1962The Space Needle opens for the Seattle world's fair. [Seattle →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/seattle/) 158. 1962The new Coventry Cathedral, built beside the ruins, is consecrated on 25 May. [Coventry →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/coventry/) 159. 1963Nehru dedicates the completed Bhakra Dam to the nation on 22 October. [Nangal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nangal/) 160. 1963Selma adopts the slogan Raisin Capital of the World, with about 90 per cent of US raisins produced within eight miles. [Selma →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/selma/) 161. 1963Tauranga is constituted as a city on 17 April 1963\. [Tauranga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tauranga/) 162. 1964Southall's two Sikh groups merge as Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall and open a first gurdwara at The Green. [London →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/london/) 163. 1964Southall's two Sikh groups merge as Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall and open a first gurdwara at The Green. [Southall →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/southall/) 164. 1964The New Zealand Sikh Society is established. [Auckland →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/auckland/) 165. 1964The New Zealand Sikh Society is established in Hamilton. [Hamilton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamilton/) 166. 1965PAF targets Adampur in the Indo-Pak war; the attacks fail. [Adampur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adampur/) 167. 1965The Battle of Asal Uttar is fought nearby; Pakistan's Patton tanks are destroyed. [Khem Karan →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khem-karan/) 168. 1965Immigration and Nationality Act reopens family immigration; post 1965 Punjabis join pioneer descendants. [Fresno →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fresno/) 169. 1965The Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash, Coventry's first gurdwara, is set up on Harnall Lane West. [Coventry →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/coventry/) 170. 1966Punjab's reorganisation leaves Sujanpur in Gurdaspur district. [Sujanpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sujanpur/) 171. 1966The Punjab Reorganisation Act keeps Dasuya in Punjab, rejecting a claim to move it to Himachal Pradesh. [Dasuya →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dasuya/) 172. 1966Punjab's reorganisation confirms Tanda in Hoshiarpur district. [Tanda (Tanda Urmar) →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tanda/) 173. 1966Punjab's reorganisation confirms Goraya in Jalandhar district. [Goraya →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/goraya/) 174. 1966Punjab's reorganisation confirms Shahkot in Jalandhar district. [Shahkot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/shahkot/) 175. 1966Punjab's reorganisation confirms Payal in Ludhiana district. [Payal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/payal/) 176. 1966Punjab is reorganised on linguistic lines; Tapa remains in the Punjabi-speaking state. [Tapa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tapa/) 177. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Mansa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mansa/) 178. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Maur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/maur/) 179. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Malout →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malout/) 180. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Abohar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/abohar/) 181. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Fazilka →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka/) 182. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Jalalabad →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalalabad/) 183. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Zira →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/zira/) 184. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Moga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga/) 185. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Bagha Purana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bagha-purana/) 186. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Dharamkot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dharamkot/) 187. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Makhu →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/makhu/) 188. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Patti →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patti/) 189. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Khem Karan →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khem-karan/) 190. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Bhikhiwind →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhikhiwind/) 191. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Ajnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ajnala/) 192. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Majitha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/majitha/) 193. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Batala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/batala/) 194. 1966Punjab reorganised on linguistic lines. [Sri Hargobindpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sri-hargobindpur/) 195. 1966The Guru Nanak Satsang Gurdwara, the first gurdwara in Wolverhampton, is established. [Wolverhampton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/wolverhampton/) 196. 1968The community registers its society, first called the Singh Society. [Calgary →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/calgary/) 197. 1968The First Sikh Temple opens in Woolgoolga, the first gurdwara opened in Australia. [Woolgoolga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/woolgoolga/) 198. 1969Guru Nanak Dev University is founded. [Amritsar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amritsar/) 199. 1969Sikh Society of Manitoba founded in a rented space in Winnipeg. [Winnipeg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/winnipeg/) 200. 1969Pape Gurdwara opens at 269 Pape Avenue, the first gurdwara in Ontario. [Toronto →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/toronto/) 201. 1969Groundbreaking for the Yuba City gurdwara on the 500th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak; 26 founding members form the temple committee. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 202. 1969The Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis dates its community organisation to this year. [Indianapolis →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/indianapolis/) 203. 1970First Punjabi Market shop opens at Main Street and 49th Avenue. [Vancouver →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/vancouver/) 204. 1970Sikh Temple Gurdwara opens on Tierra Buena Road, the first US gurdwara built in Indo-Persian style. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 205. 1970Yuba City opens its own gurdwara, ending decades of travel to Stockton for worship. [Stockton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/stockton/) 206. 1970sSikhs begin settling in northwestern continental Europe, Germany among the destinations, as single male labour migrants. [Frankfurt →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/frankfurt/) 207. 1971The Pathankot to Jammu Tawi line opens, completing the through route. [Mukerian →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mukerian/) 208. 1971Adampur's interceptors cover Pathankot in the December war. [Adampur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adampur/) 209. 1971Guru Nanak College is founded in Budhlada. [Budhlada →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/budhlada/) 210. 1971Fighting in the Fazilka sector; the Asafwala War Memorial later commemorates the fallen. [Fazilka →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka/) 211. 1971The Fazilka sector is fought over in the December war; the Asafwala memorial follows in 1972\. [Fazilka District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka-district/) 212. 1971The first Sikhs arrive in Houston; the first religious gathering is held on 1 August 1971 on Bellaire Boulevard. [Houston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/houston/) 213. 1972Moga tehsil moves from Ferozepur into the newly created Faridkot district. [Moga District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga-district/) 214. 1972The Sikh Cultural Society gurdwara opens in South Richmond Hill, among the oldest on the East Coast. [Richmond Hill →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/richmond-hill/) 215. 1972The Sikh Religious Society of Chicago is incorporated. [Chicago →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/chicago/) 216. 1972Asians expelled from Uganda arrive in Leicester, among them many Punjabi Sikhs from East Africa. [Leicester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leicester/) 217. 1972Munich hosts the Summer Olympics. [Munich →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/munich/) 218. 1973Ontario's Sikh community buys farmland on Dixie Road for a gurdwara. [Mississauga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mississauga/) 219. 1973Guru Nanak Sikh Society established in North Delta for about 200 Sikh families. [Delta →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/delta/) 220. 1973The Sikh Center opens on Prairie Drive in November 1973, the first gurdwara in Texas. [Houston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/houston/) 221. 1973The Sydney Opera House opens at Bennelong Point. [Sydney →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sydney/) 222. 1974Guru Nanak National College is founded in Doraha. [Doraha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/doraha/) 223. 1974Udham Singh's remains are repatriated to India and honoured at Sunam. [Sunam →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sunam/) 224. 1974The Town of Caledon is formed on 1 January by amalgamation. [Caledon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/caledon/) 225. 1974The first Patel Brothers grocery store opens on Devon Avenue. [Chicago →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/chicago/) 226. 1975The Ramgarhia Sabha Gurdwara on Newhampton Road East officially opens. [Wolverhampton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/wolverhampton/) 227. 1975The Sikh Association of Western Australia is founded. [Perth →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/perth/) 228. 1976Nanaksar Gurdwara opens in Edmonton, Alberta’s joint first gurdwara with Calgary. [Edmonton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/edmonton/) 229. 1976The Sikh Temple of North Texas in Garland dates its establishment to this year. [Dallas →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dallas/) 230. 1977Chhatbir Zoo is named the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park. [Zirakpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/zirakpur/) 231. 1977The Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha opens its first gurdwara at 18 to 20 Soho Road, Handsworth. [Birmingham →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/birmingham/) 232. 1977Derby receives full city status. [Derby →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/derby/) 233. 1977The first Sikh temple in New Zealand is built in Hamilton, at Te Rapa. [Hamilton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamilton/) 234. 1978The Nangal fertilizer plant passes from the Fertilizer Corporation of India to National Fertilizers Limited. [Nangal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nangal/) 235. 1978Ontario Khalsa Darbar officially starts in the farmhouse on Dixie Road. [Mississauga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mississauga/) 236. 1978The Sikh Society of South Australia is formed by a handful of Sikh families. [Adelaide →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adelaide/) 237. 1979Deposed prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto hanged in Rawalpindi. [Rawalpindi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rawalpindi/) 238. 1979Calgary's first gurdwara opens; the society becomes the Sikh Society of Calgary. [Calgary →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/calgary/) 239. 1979First Nagar Kirtan held in Yuba City (local pioneer chronology; UC Davis archive dates the parade founding to 1980). [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 240. 1979The Sikh Religious Society opens its Palatine gurdwara, the first in the Greater Chicago area and then the only one in the Midwest. [Chicago →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/chicago/) 241. 1979The Sikh Society of Michigan buys an old church and converts it into the area's first established gurdwara. [Detroit →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/detroit/) 242. 1980sFrom the mid-1980s, Indian workers, mainly Sikhs from Punjab, begin working the farms of the Agro Pontino. [Latina →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/latina/) 243. 1981The British India Corporation is nationalised by the Government of India. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 244. 1981The fort becomes the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy. [Phillaur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/phillaur/) 245. 1981The Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Museum opens on the 50th martyrdom anniversary. [Khatkar Kalan →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khatkar-kalan/) 246. 1981Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara opens on Scott Road at the Surrey and Delta border. [Delta →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/delta/) 247. 1982The ancestral house is declared a protected monument. [Khatkar Kalan →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khatkar-kalan/) 248. 1982Ramgarhia Gursikh Society of Edmonton registered; its Mill Woods congregation begins in 1983\. [Edmonton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/edmonton/) 249. 1983The society breaks ground and builds its permanent gurdwara home. [Winnipeg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/winnipeg/) 250. 1983Sikh Temple Sacramento is founded with the purchase of a church building on Evergreen Avenue, West Sacramento. [Sacramento →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sacramento/) 251. 1984Dashmesh Culture Centre established in northeast Calgary. [Calgary →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/calgary/) 252. 1984Melbourne's first gurdwara opens in Fern Tree Gully, bought by the pioneering families of the Sri Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha. [Melbourne →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/melbourne/) 253. 1984Political turmoil in Punjab brings further waves of Sikh political migrants to Germany, many claiming asylum. [Frankfurt →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/frankfurt/) 254. 1985Sant Longowal signs the eleven-point Punjab Accord with Rajiv Gandhi on 24 July. [Longowal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/longowal/) 255. 1985Sant Longowal is assassinated at Sherpur village on 20 August, weeks after the Accord. [Longowal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/longowal/) 256. 1985About 9,000 Sikhs live in the Montreal area. [Montreal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/montreal/) 257. 1986Alex Fraser Bridge links North Delta to New Westminster and Richmond. [Delta →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/delta/) 258. 1986Sikh Association of Fresno is established. [Fresno →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fresno/) 259. 1986Leicester's annual Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan begins, with fewer than 1,000 Sikhs. [Leicester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leicester/) 260. 1987Makhu is notified as a nagar panchayat with 13 wards. [Makhu →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/makhu/) 261. 1988The Rail Coach Factory rolls out its first coach on 31 March. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 262. 1988The mill is renamed the Bhogpur Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd. [Bhogpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhogpur/) 263. 1988The Brisbane Sikh Temple is completed at 2679 Logan Road, Eight Mile Plains, the first gurdwara in South East Queensland. [Brisbane →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/brisbane/) 264. 1988The society opens the state's first gurdwara in Enfield in April 1988\. [Adelaide →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adelaide/) 265. 1989The Government of India establishes SLIET at Longowal in the Sant's memory. [Longowal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/longowal/) 266. 1989The Dixie Road Gurdwara building is officially inaugurated on 25 June. [Mississauga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mississauga/) 267. 1990Harike is declared a Ramsar wetland of international importance. [Makhu →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/makhu/) 268. 1990sThe community builds the first Sikh school in Kern County on Weedpatch Highway. [Bakersfield →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bakersfield/) 269. 1990sFrom the early 1990s, thousands of Indian migrants settle in the Bay of Plenty, mostly for kiwifruit work. [Tauranga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tauranga/) 270. 1991SLIET is formally inaugurated on 20 December. [Longowal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/longowal/) 271. 1991Italy's first gurdwara opens in an abandoned flour mill in Rio Saliceto, in Reggio Emilia province. [Reggio Emilia →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/reggio-emilia/) 272. 1992Mansa district is carved out of Bathinda; the town becomes district headquarters. [Mansa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mansa/) 273. 1992Mansa district is created and the Budhlada subdivision comes into being. [Budhlada →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/budhlada/) 274. 1992Fatehgarh Sahib district is created, with its municipal council seated at Sirhind. [Sirhind →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sirhind/) 275. 1992On the creation of Fatehgarh Sahib district, Amloh becomes a sub-divisional headquarters. [Amloh →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amloh/) 276. 1992Glasgow's annual Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan begins, in April. [Glasgow →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/glasgow/) 277. 1993Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu is born in Moosa village. [Moosa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moosa/) 278. 1993Surrey receives city status. [Surrey →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/surrey/) 279. 1993Punjabi American Heritage Society is established in Yuba City. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 280. 1993Gurdwara Singh Sabha of Washington is established in Renton; it is expanded in 1997\. [Seattle →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/seattle/) 281. 1994A new Gurdwara Sahib opens in Livingston, attended by hundreds of Sikhs from across Northern California. [Livingston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/livingston/) 282. 1995Nawanshahr district is created; Banga gets a nearby district HQ. [Banga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/banga/) 283. 1995Nawanshahr district is created, with the town as headquarters. [Nawanshahr →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nawanshahr/) 284. 1995Moga district is carved out of Faridkot; the city becomes district headquarters. [Moga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga/) 285. 1995Moga district is created; Bagha Purana joins the new district. [Bagha Purana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bagha-purana/) 286. 1995Moga district is created; Dharamkot joins the new district. [Dharamkot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dharamkot/) 287. 1995Moga becomes the 17th district of Punjab on 24 November, carved out of Faridkot. [Moga District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga-district/) 288. 1995Cheema v. Thompson: a federal appellate court affirms Livingston Sikh students may wear the kirpan at school with safety precautions. [Livingston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/livingston/) 289. 1996Nanaksar Gurdwara moves to Horse Hill Road. [Edmonton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/edmonton/) 290. 1997The new Gurdwara Sahib in West Sacramento opens on 27 July 1997; its larger complex follows in 2010\. [Sacramento →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sacramento/) 291. 1997New Zealand's first gurdwara opens in Hamilton; seven more follow in the Auckland area. [Auckland →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/auckland/) 292. 1998The Archaeological Museum opens to the public. [Rupnagar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rupnagar/) 293. 1999Takhni-Rehmapur is declared a wildlife sanctuary. [Hoshiarpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hoshiarpur/) 294. 1999Mirages from Adampur strike Tiger Hill in the Kargil conflict. [Adampur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adampur/) 295. 1999The Sikh Satsang opens its purpose built gurdwara in southeast Indianapolis. [Indianapolis →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/indianapolis/) 296. 1999The Sikh Temple opens at 192 Chapeltown Road, replacing the former chapel across the road. [Leeds →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leeds/) ## 21st century 1. 2000The GT Road's widening into NH-44 reshapes the town's highway economy. [Goraya →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/goraya/) 2. 2000sKharar is absorbed into the Greater Mohali urban spread as a municipal council. [Kharar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kharar/) 3. 2000sMayfield West begins growing as spillover from Brampton. [Caledon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/caledon/) 4. 2001Census records a population of 12,630\. [Nurmahal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nurmahal/) 5. 2001Census records a town population of 16,315\. [Sardulgarh →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sardulgarh/) 6. 2001Census records a population of 19,058\. [Bassi Pathana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bassi-pathana/) 7. 2001Census records a population of 25,022\. [Zirakpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/zirakpur/) 8. 2001Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar is built in LaSalle, with a 172 foot Nishan Sahib. [Montreal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/montreal/) 9. 2001Wolverhampton gains city status. [Wolverhampton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/wolverhampton/) 10. 2001The Gurdwara Sahib at Canning Vale is opened on 4 March 2001\. [Perth →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/perth/) 11. 2002Kanjli Wetland is designated a Ramsar site on 22 January. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 12. 2002Ropar Wetland is designated a Ramsar site on 22 January. [Rupnagar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rupnagar/) 13. 2003The Sikh National Center comes into existence on 12 March 2003 as the community outgrows the Sikh Center. [Houston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/houston/) 14. 2003The Guru Nanak Road (Havelock Road) gurdwara in Southall opens on 30 March 2003, the largest Sikh temple in London. [London →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/london/) 15. 2003The Guru Nanak Road (Havelock Road) gurdwara opens on 30 March 2003, the largest Sikh temple in London. [Southall →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/southall/) 16. 2004The present Sikh Cultural Society temple opens, replacing the building destroyed by fire in 2002\. [Richmond Hill →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/richmond-hill/) 17. 2005Pushpa Gujral Science City opens on 19 March. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 18. 2005Lovely Professional University is established at Chaheru. [Phagwara →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/phagwara/) 19. 2006Barnala district is carved out of Sangrur; Tapa becomes part of the new district. [Tapa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tapa/) 20. 2006Tarn Taran district is created; Patti joins the new district. [Patti →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patti/) 21. 2006Tarn Taran district is created; Khem Karan joins the new district. [Khem Karan →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khem-karan/) 22. 2006Tarn Taran district is created; Bhikhiwind joins the new district. [Bhikhiwind →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhikhiwind/) 23. 2006New Morinda Junction opens as the junction of the Chandigarh to Sahnewal line. [Morinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/morinda/) 24. 2006Dera Bassi is transferred to the new SAS Nagar (Mohali) district. [Dera Bassi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dera-bassi/) 25. 2006Barnala district is restored, carved out of Sangrur on 19 November. [Barnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala/) 26. 2006Barnala district is restored on 19 November, carved out of Sangrur district. [Barnala District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala-district/) 27. 2006Khalsa Gurmat Center begins serving families in the Seattle region; it is now an independent Sikh school and centre in Federal Way. [Seattle →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/seattle/) 28. 2006Curryfest is inaugurated as a celebration of Woolgoolga's Punjabi heritage. [Woolgoolga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/woolgoolga/) 29. 2007A larger-than-life statue of Lalaji is dedicated at the memorial. [Dhudike →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhudike/) 30. 2007SLIET is accorded deemed to be university status. [Longowal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/longowal/) 31. 2007The Gurdwara Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji opens in Greenwood, serving the growing southern suburbs. [Indianapolis →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/indianapolis/) 32. 2008Sai Ghulam Shah 'Laddi Shah', head of the dargah, passes away. [Nakodar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nakodar/) 33. 2008The district is renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. [Banga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/banga/) 34. 2008The district is renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. [Nawanshahr →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nawanshahr/) 35. 2008The district is renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. [Balachaur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/balachaur/) 36. 2008The district is renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. [Khatkar Kalan →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khatkar-kalan/) 37. 2008The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is established. [Rupnagar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rupnagar/) 38. 2008Surrey's Vaisakhi parade draws about 100,000 people. [Surrey →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/surrey/) 39. 2009Production ceases at the Dhariwal unit. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 40. 2009The Tribune reports a central grant of Rs 1.06 crore to renovate the Pandav Sarovar temple and tank. [Dasuya →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dasuya/) 41. 2009The Nangal wetland is declared a wildlife sanctuary. [Nangal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nangal/) 42. 2009Khalsa Day Parade moves to the first Sunday in May, Malton to Rexdale route. [Toronto →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/toronto/) 43. 2009The first National Sikh Heritage Centre and Holocaust Museum launches in Derby, on Princes Street. [Derby →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/derby/) 44. 2009The first South Island Sikh centre opens in Christchurch. [Christchurch →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/christchurch/) 45. 2010The Archaeological Survey of India begins restoring the Pothimala building and its 18th-century murals. [Guru Har Sahai →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/guru-har-sahai/) 46. 2010A memorial to the victims of Air India Flight 182 opens in Lachine; about 35 passengers were Sikhs from Greater Montreal. [Montreal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/montreal/) 47. 2010The Illinois Sikh Community Center is established in Wheaton. [Chicago →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/chicago/) 48. 2010The Mahatma Gandhi District on Hillcroft Avenue is officially named on 16 January 2010\. [Houston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/houston/) 49. 2011Census records a population of 16,772\. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 50. 2011Pathankot becomes a district of Punjab on 27 July, with the city as headquarters. [Pathankot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/pathankot/) 51. 2011Pathankot district is formed; Sujanpur becomes part of the new district. [Sujanpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sujanpur/) 52. 2011Census records 29,841 residents in the municipal council, literacy 88.1 percent. [Mukerian →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mukerian/) 53. 2011Census records a population of 25,192\. [Dasuya →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dasuya/) 54. 2011Census records a population of 23,419\. [Tanda (Tanda Urmar) →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tanda/) 55. 2011Census records a population of 168,653\. [Hoshiarpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hoshiarpur/) 56. 2011Census records a population of 16,955\. [Garhshankar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/garhshankar/) 57. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 98,916\. [Kapurthala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) 58. 2011Census records a population of nearly 1.2 lakh. [Phagwara →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/phagwara/) 59. 2011Census records the tehsil at over 1.6 lakh people. [Shahkot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/shahkot/) 60. 2011Census records a population of 17,549\. [Bhogpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhogpur/) 61. 2011Census records a population of 21,631\. [Balachaur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/balachaur/) 62. 2011Census records a population of 7,923\. [Payal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/payal/) 63. 2011Census records a population of 6,200\. [Dhudike →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhudike/) 64. 2011Census records a population of 23,248\. [Tapa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tapa/) 65. 2011Census records a population of 82,956\. [Mansa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mansa/) 66. 2011Census records a population of 26,172\. [Budhlada →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/budhlada/) 67. 2011Census records a town population of 19,219 and a tehsil population of 174,234\. [Sardulgarh →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sardulgarh/) 68. 2011Census records a population of 51,023\. [Rampura Phul →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rampura-phul/) 69. 2011Census records a population of 31,849\. [Maur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/maur/) 70. 2011Census records a population of 81,406\. [Malout →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malout/) 71. 2011Fazilka district is created; Abohar joins the new district. [Abohar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/abohar/) 72. 2011Census records a population of 145,302\. [Abohar →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/abohar/) 73. 2011Fazilka district is created; the town becomes district headquarters. [Fazilka →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka/) 74. 2011Census records a population of 76,492\. [Fazilka →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka/) 75. 2011A multipurpose sports stadium is built for the second World Kabaddi Cup. [Jalalabad →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalalabad/) 76. 2011Fazilka district is created; Jalalabad joins the new district. [Jalalabad →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalalabad/) 77. 2011Census records a population of 39,525\. [Jalalabad →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalalabad/) 78. 2011Census records 17,192 residents; Fazilka district is carved out of Ferozepur, with Guru Har Sahai staying in Ferozepur. [Guru Har Sahai →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/guru-har-sahai/) 79. 2011Census records a population of 37,498\. [Zira →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/zira/) 80. 2011Census records a population of 163,397\. [Moga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga/) 81. 2011Census records a population of 25,206\. [Bagha Purana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bagha-purana/) 82. 2011Census records a population of 19,057\. [Dharamkot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dharamkot/) 83. 2011Census records a population of 14,658\. [Makhu →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/makhu/) 84. 2011Census records a population of 40,976\. [Patti →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patti/) 85. 2011Census records a population of 13,446\. [Khem Karan →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khem-karan/) 86. 2011Census records a population of 20,526\. [Bhikhiwind →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhikhiwind/) 87. 2011Census records a population of 21,107\. [Ajnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ajnala/) 88. 2011Census records a population of 14,503\. [Majitha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/majitha/) 89. 2011Census records a population of 158,621\. [Batala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/batala/) 90. 2011Census records a population of 23,632\. [Qadian →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/qadian/) 91. 2011Census records a population of 8,241\. [Sri Hargobindpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sri-hargobindpur/) 92. 2011Census records a town population of 28,734\. [Raikot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/raikot/) 93. 2011Census records a population of 128,137\. [Khanna →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/khanna/) 94. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 25,424\. [Doraha →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/doraha/) 95. 2011Census records a population of 20,288, with district-leading literacy. [Bassi Pathana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bassi-pathana/) 96. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 24,022\. [Morinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/morinda/) 97. 2011Census records a population of 95,553 after a decade of expressway-led growth. [Zirakpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/zirakpur/) 98. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 26,295\. [Dera Bassi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dera-bassi/) 99. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 18,775\. [Banur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/banur/) 100. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 92,301\. [Rajpura →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rajpura/) 101. 2011Census records a population of 55,225\. [Dhuri →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhuri/) 102. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 88,043\. [Sangrur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sangrur/) 103. 2011Census records 69,069 people in the municipal council with its outgrowth. [Sunam →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sunam/) 104. 2011Census records a municipal council population of 23,851\. [Longowal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/longowal/) 105. 2011Census records a city population of 116,449\. [Barnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala/) 106. 2011Census records a population of 15,676\. [Rahon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rahon/) 107. 2011Fazilka district is created from Ferozepur district on 27 July 2011\. [Fazilka District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fazilka-district/) 108. 2011Census counts 995,746 people in the district. [Moga District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moga-district/) 109. 2011Census: 59,460 residents; 1,175 Sikhs (1.99%). [Caledon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/caledon/) 110. 2011Sacramento Valley Charter School opens in the West Sacramento gurdwara compound. [Sacramento →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sacramento/) 111. 2011The 22 February earthquake kills 185 people and destroys much of the city centre; a long rebuild follows. [Christchurch →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/christchurch/) 112. 2011The Sikh military memorial at Forlì, in Emilia-Romagna, is inaugurated, honouring the Sikh soldiers of the Italian campaign. [Reggio Emilia →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/reggio-emilia/) 113. 2012The Guru Gobind Singh Refinery is commissioned at Phulokheri near the city. [Bathinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bathinda/) 114. 2012The Sikh Society of Michigan opens its new gurdwara building in Sterling Heights on 1 September 2012\. [Detroit →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/detroit/) 115. 2013The Lodhi Fort is declared a state protected monument. [Ludhiana →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ludhiana/) 116. 2013Maur upgraded from sub-tehsil to sub-divisional headquarters. [Maur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/maur/) 117. 2013Around 90,000 people attend the Vaisakhi celebration in Handsworth Park. [Birmingham →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/birmingham/) 118. 2013The Glasgow Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib on Albert Drive, Scotland's first purpose-built gurdwara, opens in Pollokshields. [Glasgow →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/glasgow/) 119. 2014Excavation recovers 282 skeletons from the well; DNA studies identify them as the 1857 soldiers. [Ajnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ajnala/) 120. 2014The 1,400 MW Nabha Power thermal plant at Nalash begins operating. [Rajpura →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rajpura/) 121. 2014Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada established in Malton. [Mississauga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mississauga/) 122. 2014April proclaimed Sikh Heritage Month in Ontario, launched at Queen's Park, Toronto. [Toronto →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/toronto/) 123. 2014Seva in Selma: Jakara Movement volunteers from the Selma gurdwara deliver 120 pizzas to neighbours and hold an open house. [Selma →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/selma/) 124. 2015Dhudike becomes Punjab's first wifi village. [Dhudike →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhudike/) 125. 2015The Maharaja Duleep Singh Memorial at Bassian Kothi is inaugurated on 24 May. [Raikot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/raikot/) 126. 2015Sandeep Dhaliwal becomes the first deputy sheriff in Texas to wear a turban on duty, with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. [Houston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/houston/) 127. 2015The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel are declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites. [Hamburg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamburg/) 128. 2016The state marks his 150th birth anniversary at Dhudike. [Dhudike →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhudike/) 129. 2016Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative opens its Bakersfield chapter, running screenings at gurdwaras. [Bakersfield →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bakersfield/) 130. 2016The Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha on Berkeley Street is completed. [Glasgow →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/glasgow/) 131. 2016Marco Omizzolo and 4,000 Sikhs march through Latina to protest pay and conditions. [Latina →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/latina/) 132. 2017“So High” makes Sidhu Moose Wala a star; he names himself for Moosa. [Moosa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moosa/) 133. 2017Delta is formally reclassified as a city on 22 September. [Delta →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/delta/) 134. 2017Fresno renames a park for Jaswant Singh Khalra. [Fresno →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fresno/) 135. 2017Satwinder Kaur becomes the first Sikh on Kent City Council; Manka Dhingra becomes the first Sikh woman in a US state legislature. [Seattle →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/seattle/) 136. 2017The Venetian defences of the Città Alta become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [Bergamo →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bergamo/) 137. 2018Commercial flights begin under the UDAN scheme. [Adampur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adampur/) 138. 2018Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park inaugurated in Bridgwater Trails. [Winnipeg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/winnipeg/) 139. 2018Gurpal Samra is elected mayor of Livingston and Gagandeep Kang to the city council in the midterm elections. [Livingston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/livingston/) 140. 2018The Australian Sikh Heritage Trail is officially opened at Adenia Park, Riverton, on 17 April 2018\. [Perth →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/perth/) 141. 2019AIIMS Bathinda becomes operational, with its first medical students and outpatient department. [Bathinda →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bathinda/) 142. 2019Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary is designated a Ramsar site, number 2407, on 26 September. [Nangal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nangal/) 143. 2019Guru Nanak's 550th birth anniversary is celebrated with a grand Nagar Kirtan and the town's gurdwaras renovated. [Sultanpur Lodhi →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sultanpur-lodhi/) 144. 2019Electrification of the Ludhiana to Dhuri line is completed; the Dhuri to Jakhal stretch follows in 2020\. [Dhuri →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhuri/) 145. 2019Vaisakhi parade tops 500,000 attendees — a new record. [Surrey →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/surrey/) 146. 2019The first New Zealand Sikh Games are held at Bruce Pulman Park, Papakura, drawing an estimated 20,000 people. [Auckland →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/auckland/) 147. 2020The renovated mill is inaugurated on 23 November: 3,000 TCD plus a 15 MW power plant. [Bhogpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhogpur/) 148. 2020Declared the cleanest city in North India (Swachh Survekshan). [Nawanshahr →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/nawanshahr/) 149. 2020Census: 70,117 residents; derived estimate of about 10,000 Sikhs in the city. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 150. 2020Census: 542,107 residents; derived estimate of 13,743 Sikhs in the city. Jakara community health programme begins. [Fresno →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fresno/) 151. 2020Census: 320,804 residents; derived estimate of 4,606 Sikhs in the city. [Stockton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/stockton/) 152. 2020Census: 524,943 residents; derived estimate of 15,920 Sikhs in Sacramento County. Elk Grove elects Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen. [Sacramento →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sacramento/) 153. 2020Census: 403,455 residents; derived estimate of 7,843 Sikhs in the city and 8,751 in Kern County. [Bakersfield →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bakersfield/) 154. 2020101st Avenue is co-named Punjab Avenue and 97th Avenue becomes Gurdwara Street. [Richmond Hill →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/richmond-hill/) 155. 2020Census: 737,015 residents in Seattle and 4,018,762 in the metropolitan area. [Seattle →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/seattle/) 156. 2020Census: 14,172 residents; 417 record Sikh alone, the basis of the derived estimate of about 17 per cent Sikh. [Livingston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/livingston/) 157. 2020Census: 24,674 residents; 131 record Sikh alone, the basis of the derived estimate of about 760 Sikhs. [Selma →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/selma/) 158. 2020Census: 2,746,388 residents; 328 Cook County residents record Sikh alone, the basis of the derived estimate of about 2,062 Sikhs in the county. [Chicago →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/chicago/) 159. 2020Census: 2,304,580 residents; 606 Harris County residents record Sikh alone, the basis of the derived estimate of about 3,315 Sikhs in the county. [Houston →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/houston/) 160. 2020Census: 1,304,379 city residents; in Collin County 427 residents record Sikh alone, the basis of a derived estimate of about 2,451 Sikhs. [Dallas →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dallas/) 161. 2020Census: 887,642 city residents; 370 Greenwood residents record Sikh alone, the basis of a derived estimate of about 2,147 Sikhs, 3.36 per cent of the town. [Indianapolis →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/indianapolis/) 162. 2021A Rs 30 crore Bio-CNG project from press mud is awarded for the mill. [Bhogpur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bhogpur/) 163. 2021Malerkotla becomes Punjab's 23rd district on 2 June, with the town as headquarters. [Malerkotla →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla/) 164. 2021Malerkotla district is carved out of Sangrur as Punjab's 23rd district, with Ahmedgarh among its principal towns. [Ahmedgarh →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ahmedgarh/) 165. 2021Census: 568,322 residents; 37.8% South Asian, 27.4% Sikh. [Surrey →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/surrey/) 166. 2021Malerkotla district is carved out of Sangrur on 2 June 2021, with Malerkotla, Ahmedgarh and Amargarh tehsils. [Malerkotla District →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/malerkotla-district/) 167. 2021Census: 662,248 residents; 16,535 Sikhs in the city, 222,165 across Metro Vancouver. [Vancouver →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/vancouver/) 168. 2021Census: 1,306,780 residents; 49,465 Sikhs; Punjabi the top non-official mother tongue. [Calgary →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/calgary/) 169. 2021Census: 1,010,899 residents; 41,385 Sikhs in the city. [Edmonton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/edmonton/) 170. 2021Census: 749,607 residents; 32,510 Sikhs in the city. [Winnipeg →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/winnipeg/) 171. 2021Census: 717,961 residents; 24,505 Sikhs; 20,690 Punjabi mother tongue. [Mississauga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/mississauga/) 172. 2021Census: 2,794,356 residents; 21,545 Sikhs in the city, 244,240 across the CMA. [Toronto →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/toronto/) 173. 2021Census: 108,455 residents; 19,235 Sikhs; 27,990 South Asians. [Delta →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/delta/) 174. 2021Census: 76,581 residents; 10,865 Sikhs (14.28%); Punjabi mother tongue 11.1%. [Caledon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/caledon/) 175. 2021Census: 1,762,949 residents; 15,630 Sikhs in the city; 79,670 South Asian residents. [Montreal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/montreal/) 176. 2021Elk Grove completes Singh and Kaur Park, commemorating the two Sikh grandfathers killed there in 2011\. [Sacramento →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sacramento/) 177. 2021The Guru Nanak Langar is founded at Southern Methodist University, serving free meals to students of all backgrounds. [Dallas →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dallas/) 178. 2021The Census 2021 counts 144,543 Sikhs in the London region; Singh Sabha London East opens its new Barking gurdwara. [London →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/london/) 179. 2021The Census 2021 counts 78,253 people in Southall, of whom 28.5 per cent are Sikh. [Southall →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/southall/) 180. 2021The Census 2021 counts 1,144,900 people in Birmingham, including 33,126 Sikhs. [Birmingham →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/birmingham/) 181. 2021The Census 2021 counts 263,700 people in Wolverhampton, of whom 12.0 per cent are Sikh. [Wolverhampton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/wolverhampton/) 182. 2021The Census 2021 counts 368,571 people in Leicester, including 16,451 Sikhs. [Leicester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leicester/) 183. 2021The Census 2021 counts 345,324 people in Coventry, including 17,297 Sikhs. [Coventry →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/coventry/) 184. 2021The Census 2021 counts around 261,400 people in Derby, including 9,762 Sikhs. [Derby →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/derby/) 185. 2021The Census 2021 counts 811,953 people in Leeds, including 10,047 Sikhs. [Leeds →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/leeds/) 186. 2021The Census 2021 counts 551,938 people in Manchester, including 2,718 Sikhs. [Manchester →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/manchester/) 187. 2021The Census 2021 counts 97,684 Punjabi speakers at home in Greater Melbourne and 91,745 Sikhs across Victoria. [Melbourne →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/melbourne/) 188. 2021The Census 2021 counts 5,231,147 people in Greater Sydney, including 20,761 Punjabi speakers in the Blacktown region. [Sydney →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sydney/) 189. 2021The Census 2021 counts 2,526,239 people in Greater Brisbane, including 22,507 Punjabi speakers at home. [Brisbane →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/brisbane/) 190. 2021The Census 2021 counts 2,116,649 people in Greater Perth, including 19,947 Punjabi speakers at home. [Perth →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/perth/) 191. 2021The Census 2021 counts 5,791 people in Woolgoolga, including 1,013 Sikhs and 1,009 Punjabi speakers at home. [Woolgoolga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/woolgoolga/) 192. 2021The Census 2021 counts 1,387,290 people in Greater Adelaide, including 18,743 Punjabi speakers at home. [Adelaide →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adelaide/) 193. 2022Moose Wala is shot dead near Jawaharke, Mansa district, aged 28\. [Moosa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moosa/) 194. 2022A 6.5-foot statue of the singer is unveiled at his cremation site in Moosa. [Moosa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moosa/) 195. 2022Gurpreet Singh Banawali of the Aam Aadmi Party is elected MLA for Sardulgarh. [Sardulgarh →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sardulgarh/) 196. 2022AAP's Balkar Sidhu wins the assembly seat — the party's first win here. [Rampura Phul →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rampura-phul/) 197. 2022Zira assembly constituency elects Naresh Kataria as MLA. [Makhu →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/makhu/) 198. 2022Bhagwant Mann wins Dhuri by 58,206 votes and becomes Chief Minister of Punjab. [Dhuri →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhuri/) 199. 2022Khalsa Gurmat Academy begins operating a gurdwara at 6600 Mayfield Road. [Caledon →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/caledon/) 200. 2022Jasmeet Kaur Bains of Kern County is elected to the California State Assembly, recorded as its first Sikh American member. [Bakersfield →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bakersfield/) 201. 2022Scotland's Census 2022 counts 620,756 people in Glasgow, including 3,456 Sikhs. [Glasgow →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/glasgow/) 202. 2023The Textiles Ministry disburses Rs 80.17 crore in overdue dues to 1,101 BIC employees. [Dhariwal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/dhariwal/) 203. 2023Hundreds gather at Jawahar Ke for prayers on his first death anniversary. [Moosa →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/moosa/) 204. 2023A section of 118th Street is co-named Guru Nanak Way. [Richmond Hill →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/richmond-hill/) 205. 2023The Census 2023 counts 1,656,486 people in the Auckland Region, including 27,306 Panjabi speakers. [Auckland →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/auckland/) 206. 2023The Census 2023 counts 174,741 people in Hamilton City, including 3,729 Panjabi speakers, and 6,795 Sikhs across the Waikato region. [Hamilton →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamilton/) 207. 2023The Census 2023 counts 152,844 people in Tauranga City, including 3,120 Panjabi speakers, and 6,324 Sikhs across the Bay of Plenty region. [Tauranga →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/tauranga/) 208. 2023The Census 2023 counts 391,383 people in Christchurch City, including 2,952 Panjabi speakers, and 4,842 Sikhs across the Canterbury region. [Christchurch →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/christchurch/) 209. 2023Estimates put Italy's Sikh population at about 220,000, the second largest in Europe, with Reggio Emilia province among its oldest centres. [Reggio Emilia →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/reggio-emilia/) 210. 2023Bergamo and Brescia are jointly Italian Capital of Culture. [Bergamo →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bergamo/) 211. 2023The Italian Ministry of Labour reports the metropolitan city of Rome as the largest Indian community in Italy, over 20,000 people. [Rome →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rome/) 212. 2024Population estimated at 700,459\. [Surrey →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/surrey/) 213. 202445th Nagar Kirtan draws over 100,000 visitors. [Yuba City →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/yuba-city/) 214. 2024Thousands of Indian farm labourers march through Latina after the death of worker Satnam Singh. [Latina →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/latina/) 215. 2025PM Narendra Modi visits the base after the May confrontation. [Adampur →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/adampur/) 216. 2025The Montreal Sikh community holds its Nagar Kirtan parade in LaSalle on 18 May. [Montreal →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/montreal/) 217. 2025Central Unified votes to name Jaswant Singh Khalra Elementary, reported as the first US public school named after a Sikh. [Fresno →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/fresno/) 218. 2026The Kangra Valley Railway resumes full services on 2 June after a new Chakki bridge. [Pathankot →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/pathankot/) 219. 2026Torrent Power completes its acquisition of Nabha Power from L&T. [Rajpura →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rajpura/) 220. 2026Barnala becomes a municipal corporation. [Barnala →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/barnala/)