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Celebrating the beginning, hundreds of Sikhs turn out at Queen's Park yesterday to mark Baisakhi, the day of their founding 292 years ago. In 1699, th(...)
Celebrating the beginning, hundreds of Sikhs turn out at Queen's Park yesterday to mark Baisakhi, the day of their founding 292 years ago. In 1699, th(...)

Celebrating the beginning, hundreds of Sikhs turn out at Queen's Park yesterday to mark Baisakhi, the day of their founding 292 years ago. In 1699, th(...)

Date4/14/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Celebrating the beginning; hundreds of Sikhs turn out at Queen's Park yesterday to mark Baisakhi; the day of their founding 292 years ago. In 1699; the 10th and last guru of the Sikhs; Guru Gobind Singh; created the Khalsa order. It is the brotherhood of all loyal Sikhs who are bound by a common identity and discipline.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013396F
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