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Sikhs celebrate

Sikhs celebrate

Date10/31/1984
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  • Sikhs celebrate: Two members of Toronto's Sikh community; who refused to be identified; stand outside a Sikh Temple on Old Weston Rd. yesterday with a table of laddoùa type of doughnut traditionally used in celebrations. A group of Sikhs tried to hand out the doughnuts to passers-by and chanted slogans celebrating Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Sikhs celebrate: Two members of Toronto's Sikh community; who refused to be identified; stand outside a Sikh Temple on Old Weston Rd. yesterday with a table of laddo?a type of doughnut traditionally used in celebrations. A group of Sikhs tried to hand out the doughnuts to passers-by and chanted slogans celebrating Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.
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