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Punjab in the world

Diaspora.

Local records illuminate migration, work, family life and new connections.

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Punjabi farming in northern Italy

Dairy work in northern Italy connects employment, housing and family life; it should not be confused with a census of Punjabi-owned farms.

Emilia-Romagna and northern Italy, with national statistical context
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Punjabi food businesses in the diaspora

Two restaurateurs’ accounts connect Punjabi food businesses with working lives, family knowledge and debate about what customers expect.

New York City, United States; Sydney and Melbourne, Australia
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Punjabi foundry workers in the Midlands

Foundry evidence connects a Punjab-born worker’s organising with contemporary IWA strike reports and a colleague’s memory of the move into trade-union education.

Black Country and Birmingham, West Midlands
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Punjabi language schools in the diaspora

Punjabi teaching abroad connects classroom communication, public qualifications and locally defined curricula, with different expectations across education systems.

Britain, British Columbia and Victoria, Australia
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Punjabi migration to Australia: journeys, gatherings and memory

Punjabi Australian history reaches from colonial hawking routes to contemporary professional and family migration. Named lives and community records reveal connections across South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Australia and transnational Punjab
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Punjabi migration to Britain: work, families and archives

Punjabi settlement in Britain grew through education, work, family reunion and journeys through other countries. Local archives reveal a history older and more varied than one postwar arrival story.

Britain and transnational Punjab
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Punjabi migration to East Africa

Mixed migration routes, a Punjab-linked family’s movement to Zanzibar and nonracial labour organising complicate a single story of settlement.

East Africa, with Kenya, Uganda and Zanzibar examples
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Punjabi migration to Hong Kong

A military-linked migration history developed into a Wan Chai institution supporting schooling, visitors and wider community services.

Hong Kong, especially Wan Chai
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Punjabi migration to Italy

Punjabi migration research, religious institutions and dated nationality statistics reveal different scales of movement and settlement in Italy.

Italy, with research in Veneto, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna
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Punjabi migration to Malaysia

Regional recruitment records, a household language study and a national association reveal different dimensions of Punjabi migration and settlement in Malaysia.

Malaysia, distinguishing North Borneo/Sabah and the peninsula
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Punjabi migration to New Zealand

Circular work journeys, a family account and a 2021 documentary study illuminate different phases of Punjabi migration to New Zealand.

New Zealand, with Wanganui and South Auckland examples
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Punjabi migration to Singapore

Work, commerce, urban relocation and organised language teaching reveal several routes through Singapore’s Punjabi histories.

Singapore

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