Sikh WWII veteran dies in Canada

TORONTO: Pritam Singh Jauhal, a 95-year-old World War II veteran and a prominent figure in the Sikh-Canadian community who fought and won a high profile battle to

TORONTO: Pritam Singh Jauhal, a 95-year-old World War II veteran and a prominent figure in the Sikh-Canadian community who fought and won a high profile battle to allow Sikhs wearing turbans into the Royal Canadian Legions, has died. Lt-Col Pritam Singh Jauhal passed away peacefully in Surrey on Sunday, his daughter was quoted as saying by The Globe and Mail newspaper. Jauhal spent 38 years in the Indian Army and Central Reserve Police Force before immigrating to Canada in 1980.

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