Kaurs of Yesteryear

Sikhs in an East London bomb shelter during the WWII London Blitz. Source: Old-Pics of Sikh Sikhism & Punjab Facebook Page.

A Sikh woman working on a gun during WWII, 1940s. Source: Sikhs Past & Present.

Possible Sikh women in the lineup during an inspection of the Indian Women's Auxiliary Corps, 1947. Source: National Army Museum. Alternate attribution: Sikh women of the Royal Air Force during WWII (History Needs You, Matthew Ward).

Year: 1945. Source: Old-Pics of Sikh Sikhism & Punjab Facebook Page.

Year: 1945. Source: Old-Pics of Sikh Sikhism & Punjab Facebook Page.

Sikhs migrating to India after the 1947 Partition of Punjab. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White. From the historical archives of LIFE Magazine. Source: Art.com.

A Sikh carries his wife while migrating during the 1947 Partition of Punjab. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White. LIFE Magazine archives. Source: Art.com.

Sikh women at a gurdwara, sometime during the 1950s. Source: She Is From India Tumblr.

Year: 1955. Kaurs lobbying for a Punjabi-speaking state during the Punjabi Subha Morcha. Source: Sikh Central Museum.

“A well arranged kitchen in a Panjab village home, mid-1950s.” Digitized by the Panjab Digital Library.

Year: 1957. Ratan Kaur with her children in Punjab. Source: Private collection.

Year: 1975. Puran Kaur (about age 7), daughter of Rattan Kaur, posing with an orange in Punjab. Source: Private collection.