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Scotland’s First Gurdwara

Organization 1952 ‐ 1960

Founded in 1952 by key members of Glasgow’s Sikh community

Oral History

Amarjit Singh Nijjar was born in 1951, in the Punjab (India), and is a retired GP living in Glasgow, Scotland

Oral History

Shahida Ali was born in 1957, Glasgow, and has a long familial history in Scotland, working in retail since the 1960s

People 22 October 1926 ‐ 20 December 2019

Scottish politician, community organizer, author and the UK’s first Muslim to be voted into public office

People 2 January 1903 ‐ 24 January 1999

Business owner and the founder of Jamiat Ittihad ul Muslimin, the first Muslim organization in Scotland

Organization 1933

Scotland's first purpose-built mosque, which can trace its origins to 1933

People 1898 ‐ 1954

Doctor and Scotland's first racialized minority local authority councillor

People 21 October 1953

A first-generation Scottish Bhat Sikh from Glasgow and founder of the Edinburgh-based community organization Sikh Sanjog

People 1 November 1897 ‐ 11 January 1999

Scottish novelist, poet and social activist

People 15 August 1856 ‐ 26 September 1915

Trade unionist, politician and a founder of the Labour Party