The men wear their distinctive turbans and beards. Both these institutions belong to the Siri Guru Singh Sabha of Nairobi, which was originally an off shoot of a new reformist Sikh movement in India, but is now affiliated to the organisation which controls the historical Sikh shrines in that country.From the earliest days, the Sikhs played a very prominent part in many aspects of sport, both as players and as administrators and organisers.In the Police, the Civil Service, in the commercial establishments, the educational and medical institutions, in the factories and workshops, the Sikhs came to play a very important role indeed.During the initial 60 years or so of the last millennium, the Sikhs built nearly 40 Gurdwaras or temples in various towns of East Africa, a truly remarkable achievement.
A magnificient new edifice however is being built in the adjoining plot, and the new gurudwara is expected to be ready next year at a cost of about £50,000. Remnants of this class are still to be seen in Nairobi, though they now ply their rare broom in woollen suits instead of the tattered cotton shirt and trousers of the bygone days.On other public bodies, however, the community has real cause for dissatisfaction. They’re primary reason for asking the Sikh community to shut down the Gurdwara was its limited use. They were of course, without their families.In the government boys' schools of Nairobi, arrangements have been made for teaching Punjabi.The Sikhs are prominent in the Royal Technical College and in other well conducted technical training institutions. They became highly successful farmers. They possess considerable aptitude for the type of work it entails. It has not however been as spectacular in so far as wealth is concerned as that of one or two other Asian communities. No community or group has been able to rival them in the manufacture of superior types of furniture, with or without the aid of machines. Due to the institution of compulsory marriage, college education among Sikh girls is as yet rare, but the effort is nearly always made to pass through the secondary school stage.The public life of Kenya had been well served by the Sikhs.
They held their own separate congregations but they also participated in terms of complete equality with the main congregations as well.Among the Sikhs as among all the people of the East religion plays a much greater part in human life than is the case in the West. Some of the passages in this article have been taken from a book by Cynthia Salvadori, "We came in Dhows" , which tells the story of the Indians in Africa, whose history and culture had remained virtually unrecorded despite their conspicuous economic importance.
The boys have to leave the school at a fairly early stage and join the Government schools. They fought with outstanding gallantry throughout the East African campaign. Anything that was tough and challenging attracted the Sikhs.There is hardly any trophy open to Asians which the Sikhs have not won in the games which they play.In the Kenya Contingent which went to the Melbourne Olympic games in 1936, the largest single element, including the hockey coach and the hockey captain, consisted of Sikhs.The Sikhs of Nairobi can rightfully claim that through sports, they have done outstanding work in promoting closer race-relationship with the Europeans.Sikhs have been regular contributors to Harambee projects throughout the country. When it finally dawned upon me about the legacy of the name, I was left in as much awe as Kala Singh may have drawn on the faces of the locals he met over a century back. (Congratulations & thanks are due to her for her extensive research on the Indian Community who built East Africa with their life and blood).They undertook with confidence any type of work, which required skill and industry. Sikhs have gained an impressive share of the commercial pursuits of all types, particularly those which demand specialised technical knowledge and organising ability: such as contractors, transporters, furniture makers, etc. Mombasa Sikhs and Siri Guru Singh Sabha MSA. It was not until 1895 that there was an intensive Sikh presence in the country when acontingent was brought to Mombasa in order to police the Uganda railway as well as the caravan routes into the hinterland.
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