1897 – Kesar Singh is among the first Sikhs to visit Canada.
1899 – Sikhs are allowed to land in San Francisco.
1904 – Guru Granth Sahib Ji is brought to North America.
1906 – Diwan Singh and Dhana Singh Poonian arrive in U.S.
1906 – Khalsa Diwan Society Established
1906-1922 – Astoria, Oregon: “Hindu Alley.”
1907 – Anti-Hindu riot occurs in Bellingham, Washington.
1908 – Vancouver, B.C. builds the first Gurdwara in North America.
1908 – Canada considers moving its Hindu immigrants to British Honduras.
1909 – “The Awakening of the Sikhs” in which they refused to wear British war medals or keep British military ranks.
1911 – Holt, California – Baba Jawala Singh and Baba Wasakha Singh appoint funds for buying a Gurdwara property.
1911 – First Sikh Prayer in the presence of Guru Granth Sahib in America.
1912 – Stockton Gurdwara founded.
1912 – Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan Society founded.
1913 – Alien Land Law, State of California affects Asian Indian ownership of property.
1913 – Sikh wrestling prowess, March, 1913. Astoria, Oregon.
1913 – Gadar first meeting, Astoria, April, 1913.
1914 – Komagata Maru arrives in Vancouver, B.C.
1914 – Komagata Maru departs to India.
1915 – Stockton Gurdwara’s first permanent structure is finished.
1915 – Dedication of Stockton Gurdwara.
1915 – Kartar Singh Sarabha, editor of The Gadar (Punjabi), is hung by the British.
1917 – Asian Barred Zone and Literacy Test discriminates against Asian Indians.
1918 – Ottowa Plans to Recognize Paldi, Set Up Sikh Museum.
1921 – Hazing of turbaned Hindus by students at U.C. Berkeley.
1923 – Bhagat Singh Thind case. U.S. vs Thind 261 US 204(1923).
1925 – The Pahkar Singh Murders: A Punjabi Response to California’s Alien Land Law –
1929 – Stockton California Gurdwara’s current brick structure is finished.
1946 – Luce-Cellar Act passed, giving Asian Indians right to citizenship.
1948 – El Centro California Gurdwara established.
1956 – Dalip Singh Saund elected as first Asian, first Indian and first Sikh member of Congress
1960 – Narinder Singh Kapany, father of fiber-optics, coins the term “fiber-optics.”
1965 – Dr. Bruce LaBrack’s Study of South Asian Immigrants. The Indian community increased, especially the Sikhs, between 1965-75.
1968 – Har Gobind Khorana receives Nobel Laureate in Medicine: For their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis.
1993 – First turbaned Sikh elected in Canadian Parliament.
1994 – Prabhu-Poonam Goel & Rekhi Grant to benefit girls’ education in India .
1998 – Amartya Sen received the 1998 Nobel Laureate in Economics: For his contribution to welfare economics.
1998 – Founding of first Sikh Preschool in Northern California – Yuba City, California.
1999 – Sikh Canadian stamp released.
2000 – Ujjal Dosanjh is British Columbia Premier, Feb 21, 2000-June 2001.
2001 – Sikh-American community leaders meet President Bush.
2002 – Canadian Prime Minister gives Abbotsford, British Columbia Sikh Temple heritage status.
2003 – First Indian in the US Army Killed in Iraq.
2004 – “Sikhs: Legacy of the Punjab” at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
2004 – Mohini Bhardwaj is the first Indian American girl in the U.S. Olympic Team.
2004 – White House marks 400th anniversary of Guru Granth Sahib.
2004 – Bobby Jindal becomes the second Indian-American elected to Congress.
100 Years of Sikhs in the USA 