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Asian Links: 1: Punjab, Heartland of the Sikhs

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A Six-part series in which Asians in Britain talk to Towyn Mason about their continuing links with their places of origin.

The first Sikhs who came to Britain are said to have been Lancers who rode in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession. Punjab has now become the most prosperous state in India, a dynamic centre of industrial enterprise and modern farming.
(Revised repeat)

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Presenter:
Towyn Mason
Producer:
Joan Griffiths

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