Peach king of California honoured for contribution to the US

November 17, 2014 21:45

A 74-year-old Indian-origin Sikh, known as the 'peach king of California', has been honoured by the state's governor who praised the community's contributions to the nation.

Didar Bains, godfather to the region's more than 50,000 Sikhs, was yesterday honoured by governor Jerry Brown, who went to the Sikh Temple of Sacramento to honour his longtime political supporter. Brown praised Bains and thousands of other immigrants from India who he said have enriched the nation with their culture and work ethics.

"It's an honour and a privilege to be here,' Brown told some 2,000 Sikhs from Los Angeles who filled the West Sacramento Gurdwara, the Sacramento Bee reported. Brown's inaugural visit to the temple comes as more Sikhs engage in politics. Narinderpal Singh Hundal, a Sikh newspaper publisher and businessman, ran for mayor in West Sacramento, losing the November 4 polls to incumbent Christopher Cabaldon.

"The Sikh community is at a turning point that many immigrants go through; we are no longer looking inward. We are politically active, and the governor recognises this," said Sikh activist and attorney Amar Shergill. Brown said that, like Bains and many in the audience, his grandfather was a farmer.

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