#SikhNews #ProudtobeaSikh #GreatNews #DhanSikhi Dhan Sikhi! Dhan Khalsa! CANADA NAMES PARK AFTER FIRST SIKH SETTLER - Harnam Singh Hari To commemorate contribution of Sikhs in Canada’s development, the province of Alberta has named a new park in the city of Calgary after the legendary farmer Harnam Singh Hari, the first Sikh to tame the harsh climes of frigid Alberta province in 1909. Few of us know that Sant Teja Singh, Founder of Baru Sahib was active during this very early period and led the struggle to restore the rights of Indian Settlers in Canada who otherwise were being deported to British Honduras. See: globalsikhstudies.net/pdf/stockeng/amrik2.pdf Alberta’s minister of human services Manmeet Singh Bhullar, who was in Amritsar on told media there that the park was dedicated to Hari and his family, who identified fertile farmland and set the pace of agricultural progress in the province. Manmeet accompanied Alberta premier Alison Redford on an official visit to India to set up a trade office for his province in Delhi. With plans to enhance trade and investment opportunities between Alberta and Punjab,the two also visited the Golden Temple to pay obeisance. Bhullar spoke about Sikhs’ selfless service in Canada. “We have wings named after Guru Nanak Dev in almost all major hospitals in the country. Sikhs are enjoying great prosperity because of principles learnt from their forefathers, teachings of Gurus and inspiration from the divine,” he said.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 08:00:01 +0000
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