Gill, Indar Singh

Collage A consists of two pictures of the Gill family. The top left picture is a black and white photograph of Indar Singh and Kartar Kaur Gill in 1952. The large bottom picture is a colour photograph from Nash Singh (Indar's son) and Rajinder Kaur wedding, surrounded by wedding guests at the Abbotsford Gur Sikh Temple.

Photo taken at the wedding of Nachattar Gill and Rajinder Thind. The Gill family are standing in front of the light-blue car in a row. Included in the photo are Malkit Kaur, Baljit Kaur, Kartar Kaur, Indar Singh, and Khem Singh. Rajinder Kaur, the bride, is wearing a pink wedding lehenga with a dupatta covering her head. Nash Singh, the groom, is wearing a formal suit, a pink turban, and carrying a wedding sword. The couple has varmalas around their necks, flower garlands that signify their marital union. Also, they are each holding an end of a yellow scarf called a palla, which signifies their physical union. And the goal for a spiritual union of their souls. The Gill men are wearing formal suits, pink turbans, and boutonnières. Malkit Kaur and Baljit Kaur are wearing sarees. Kartar Kaur is wearing a pink salwar suit and a chunni covering her head. The background consists of the Abbotsford Gur Sikh Temple with wedding guests outside.

Nacchatter (Nash) Singh and Rajinder Kaur Thind were married on June 18, 1972, at the Abbotsford Gur Sikh Temple. The bride and groom stand behind four girls, who are dressed in identical orange Indian lehengas. Rajinder Kaur is wearing a pink bridal lehenga with her head covered by a dupatta. Nash Singh is wearing a formal pin-striped suit. Both the bride and groom have varmalas around their necks, which is a flower garland that signifies the marital union. Wedding guests surround the couple. Amongst the crowd is Indar Singh (third row, third from right) in a pink turban. Khem Singh Gill (Indar Singh's father) is in the front row, second to the right. Khem Singh is wearing a pink turban with his cane on the ground. Mohinder Singh Gill (Indar's brother) is standing in the foreground to the left. Kartar Kaur Gill is standing close to the couple. Nash's sisters Baljit and Malkit are all standing nearby.

Photograph of the Gill family taken in a photography studio with a long, light-coloured curtain as the background. Left to right: Ganga Singh Gill, Indar's cousin, Malkit Kaur Gill, Kartar Kaur Gill, Indar Singh Gill, Nacchattar (Nash) Singh Gill, and Joginder Singh Gill Standing: Kartar Singh Sidhu, Indar Singh's brother-in-law, Mohinder Singh Gill, Indar Singh's brother, and Pal Singh Gill, Indar's cousin

Indar Singh Gill is inside his red 1954 Pontiac with his son, Nash Singh, standing outside. In 1954, Indar Singh ordered this car from General Motors, Oshawa, Ontario. His worker, Johnny Billin, picked up and drove the vehicle to British Columbia. It was rare to own a car in 1954. In the background there is a house.

Item is a picture of a man putting wood into an Indar Fuel truck for transportation at Albert McMahon's sawmill, located at Suicide Creek, Mission. Indar Fuel Company was founded by Indar Singh Gill, where he carried fuel until 1958. His business declined when natural gas was starting to be used instead of fuel. The landscape includes evergreen trees and the mountains of the Fraser Valley.

Photograph of a plaque being presented in a Gurdwara. Left to right: Abbotsford mayor George Ferguson, an unidentified man, Indar Singh Gill, and Heritage Minister Sheila Copps. They are standing inside the Gurdwara's Darbar Sahib, the praying hall. George Ferguson and the unidentified man are wearing formal suits and rumāls. Indar Singh Gill is wearing a formal grey suit with a light-blue turban. Sheila Copps is wearing a red outfit, and her red head-covering is a chunni. In the background, people are sitting on the ground, covering their heads with turbans or rumāls.

On July 31, 2002, Abbotsford's Gur Sikh Temple was declared a National Historic Site of Canada. Indar Singh Gill (front row, second to the left) is outside the Gurdwara wearing a light-blue turban, a formal suit, and a yellow-and-blue "Khalsa Diwan Society VIP" ribbon. Right to Indar Singh is Heritage Minister Sheila Copps, wearing a pink salwar suit with a scarf, called chunni, around her shoulders. Indar Singh was the President of the Sikh temple in 1951 and then again in 1979. There are several South Asian Canadian men crowding around them. In the background, there is a yellow pole called a Nishan Sahib, a yellow Sikh flag that marks all Gurdwaras.

Indar Singh Gill is dressed in a formal suit and a light-blue turban. The background is in the front yard of a white house. There are red and yellow tulips, green grass, and a cherry blossom tree.

Prime Minister Chrétien visited Abbotsford's Gur Sikh Temple to declare it a National Historic Site of Canada. Prime Minister Chrétien is inside the Gurdwara wearing a head covering, called rumāl, and a formal suit. This was the first time a Canadian Prime Minister came to the Gurdwara. South Asian Canadian men are surrounding him with formal suits. On the left of Prime Minister Chrétien is Minister of Natural Resources, Herb Dhaliwal, who has a dark-blue rumāl on. Indar Singh Gill is on the right of the Prime Minister in a light-blue turban and light grey suit. Indar Singh was the President of the Sikh temple in 1951 and then again in 1979. Everyone is covering their head, some with rūmals and others with turbans. The background has two pictures of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.