Khalsa Diwan societies

Blank letterhead of Khalsa Diwan Society, featuring its official logo and listing the head office as the Sikh Temple at 1866 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. It also mentions branches in British Columbia at Abbotsford, Fraser Mills, New Westminster, Paldi, and Victoria.

Advertisement of J. Edward Bird's legal firm. J. Edward Bird, hired by the Khalsa Diwan Society to represent the passengers on board the Komagata Maru in Vancouver, 1914 was a regular advertiser in the Socialist Party newspaper. The Western Clarion, April 6, 1907, 4.

Image of lumberyard workers sitting outside of a Khalsa Diwan Society building.

Photograph includes Puran Singh, Rev. C. F. Andrews, Harnam Singh, Munsha Singh, Sir R. Tagore, Kartar Singh, Jagat Singh, Sham Singh, and Wattan Singh.

Arjan Singh, Naginder Singh Gill and Dedar Singh, officers of the Khalsa Diwan Society

Creator: Khalsa Diwan Society (New Westminster)

Souvenir book celebrating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Khalsa Diwan Society. The book includes information about the history of the Khalsa Diwan Society, as well as the history of Sikhs in Canada. The book also provides information about Sikhism and its teachings, and articles written by members of the Sikh community. The book contains writings in both English and Punjabi. The book also includes letters from Canadian politicians, celebrating the event.

A colour image of food items collected during food drives hosted by Khalsa Diwan Society in July 1989, in order to commemorate the passengers of the Komagata Maru tragedy. There are five men and one woman standing behind a table of food in the middle of the photograph. In the background there is an obscured banner tied to two windows.

A colour image of six men standing outside. Behind them is a white truck that reads, "Food Bank."

A colour image of food items collected during food drives hosted by Khalsa Diwan Society in July 1989, in order to commemorate the passengers of the Komagata Maru tragedy. There are three men and a child behind a table of food in the middle of the photograph. In the background there is a banner partially obscured, tied in front of two windows that reads in English, "Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver B.C."

A colour image of food items collected during food drives hosted by Khalsa Diwan Society in July 1989, in order to commemorate the passengers of the Komagata Maru tragedy. In the background there is a banner tied in front of two windows that reads in English, "Khalsa Diwan Society Vancouver B.C."