Early White Converts To Sikhism

By catsagdn,
November 25, 2006 in WHAT'S HAPPENING?

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I am looking for information about whites converting to Sikhism before the 1970's via Yogi Bhajan. I know that Ranjit Singh employed European and American officers in his army, and it has been recorded that these western recruits wore beards and turbans while they were in Ranjit Singh's army; even though there are no recordings of any of the western recruits converting to sikhism.

I would greatly apprieciate it if someone will give me any historical information about any white man becoming a sikh before Yogi Bhajan came to the United States in the 1970's.

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Here are two photos of Alexander Gardiner; an American who served under Ranjit Singh, he never converted to Sikhism even though he wore a beard and a turban like a sikh.

http://www.sikhcybermuseum.org.uk/Gallery/...xanderGard1.htm

http://www.sikhcybermuseum.org.uk/Gallery/.../AlexanderG.htm

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