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Significant Results Achieved with Support of US Sikhs and Gurdwaras: SCCED & AGPC

April 23, 2020 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

New York: The Sikh Coordination Committee East Coast (SCCEC) and American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (AGPC) said a press release that their efforts to get “Vaisakhi” recognized as Khalsa Sirjana Divas has produced ‘excellent results’. 

The organisations have issued a partial list of eminent personalities sending good wishes to the Sikh Nation on this Vaisakhi:

• Patrick Toomey – US Senator, PA
• Phil Murphy – NJ Governor
• Adama Dieng – Under Secretary General, United Nations 
• Donald Norcross – US Congressman, NJ 
• John Garamendi – US Congressman, CA 
• Thomas Suozzi – US Congressman, NY 
• TJ Cox -US Congressman, CA
• Steve Sweeney- NJ Senate President

SCCEC and AGPC further said that “”with support of all US Gurdwaras, we are making a big impact to promote Sikh Identity and Sikh Values. Following are our few other key accomplishments:  

• State of NJ passed a law declaring April 14 every year as “Sikh Day”
• 16 – US States declared Month of April as “Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month”
• US House of Representatives recognized Vaisakhi as Khalsa Sirjana Divas by introducing House Resolution HR-189 
• Every year in April a “National Sikh Day Parade” is held in Washington DC to commemorate Khalsa Sirjana Divas
• Pennsylvania General Assembly passed HR-1160 declaring anti-Sikh violence in 1984 in India as Sikh Genocide
• Connecticut legislature declared the first week of November every year as Sikh Genocide Remembrance Week   
• New Jersey Senate and Assembly declared November 12, 2019 as “World Equality Day” to commemorate 550th Parkash Gurpurab of Guru Nanak 

• In a historic first, the US Senate session starts with Sikh Prayer and Senator Patrick Toomey moves a resolution to honor Guru Nanak on the 550th Parkash Gurpurab of Guru Nanak.

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Related Topics: 550th Parkash Gurpurab of Guru Nanak Ji, American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (AGPC), National Sikh Day Parade, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Sikh Coordination Committee East Coast (SCCEC), Sikh Genocide, Sikh Identity, Vaisakhi

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