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- Paldi,_British_Columbia abstract "Paldi is a settlement on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is in proximity to Duncan. This town included an Indo-Canadian community, and in 1973-1974 Paldi was the only Sikh enclave of any kind in all of Canada.Mayo Singh (1888-1955) founded the town, naming it after his hometown, Paldi, Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Singh, originally named Maiya Singh, was a Minhas Rajput. He believed that having a name that would be easier for Anglo Canadians to pronounce would benefit his business prospects, so he began going by "Mayo." Hugh J.M. Johnston, the author of Jewels of the Qila: The Remarkable Story of an Indo-Canadian Family, wrote that the name "Mayo" "may have had some resonance for" Mayo Singh because one of the viceroys of India was Richard Bourke, the Sixth Earl of Mayo.The first gurdwara opened in 1917. A new gurdwara opened in 1928. In 2012 the gurdwara was for sale.In 1953 Herb, Ted, and Gordon Singh, sons of Mayo Lumber Company partner Doman Singh, founded the Doman Lumber Company, which became Doman Industries.Archana B. Verma wrote The Making of Little Punjab in Canada, which included a study of Sikhs living in Paldi.".
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- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageExternalLink The-Ghost-Town-of-Paldi.
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- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageRevisionID "660547976".
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Anglo_Canadians.
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- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ethnic_enclaves_in_British_Columbia.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Logging_communities_in_Canada.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Populated_places_on_Vancouver_Island.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Doman_Industries.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Duncan,_British_Columbia.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Earl_of_Mayo.
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- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Google_Books.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Governor-General_of_India.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Hoshiarpur.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Indo-Canadians_in_British_Columbia.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink McGill-Queens_Press.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink McGill-Queens_University_Press.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Minhas.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Punjab.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Punjab_region.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Rajput.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Bourke,_6th_Earl_of_Mayo.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Sage_Publications.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Simon_Fraser_University.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink The_Punjabis_in_British_Columbia.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink The_Punjabis_in_British_Columbia:_Location,_Labour,_First_Nations,_and_Multiculturalism.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Vancouver_Island.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLink Viceroys_of_India.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLinkText "Paldi".
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wikiPageWikiLinkText "Paldi, British Columbia".
- Paldi,_British_Columbia hasPhotoCollection Paldi,_British_Columbia.
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- Paldi,_British_Columbia subject Category:Ethnic_enclaves_in_British_Columbia.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia subject Category:Logging_communities_in_Canada.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia subject Category:Populated_places_on_Vancouver_Island.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia hypernym Settlement.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia point "48.791 -123.853".
- Paldi,_British_Columbia type Settlement.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia type SpatialThing.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia comment "Paldi is a settlement on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is in proximity to Duncan. This town included an Indo-Canadian community, and in 1973-1974 Paldi was the only Sikh enclave of any kind in all of Canada.Mayo Singh (1888-1955) founded the town, naming it after his hometown, Paldi, Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Singh, originally named Maiya Singh, was a Minhas Rajput.".
- Paldi,_British_Columbia label "Paldi, British Columbia".
- Paldi,_British_Columbia sameAs ਪਾਲਡੀ,_ਬ੍ਰਿਟਿਸ਼_ਕੋਲੰਬੀਆ.
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- Paldi,_British_Columbia sameAs Q18386213.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia sameAs Q18386213.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia lat "48.791".
- Paldi,_British_Columbia long "-123.853".
- Paldi,_British_Columbia wasDerivedFrom Paldi,_British_Columbia?oldid=660547976.
- Paldi,_British_Columbia isPrimaryTopicOf Paldi,_British_Columbia.