‘Peach King’ Didar Bains honoured in California
Tuesday, 18/11/2014
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New York, November 17 : Didar Bains, a farmer known as the "Peach King of California", was honoured by California Governor Jerry Brown for his service to society, the media reported. Brown Sunday praised Bains and thousands of other immigrants from India who he said had enriched the US with their culture and work ethic, The Sacramento Bee reported.
"It's an honour and a privilege to be here," Brown told some 2,000 Sikhs who came from as far away as Los Angeles to the West Sacramento gurdwara. Brown talked about his own family's immigrant history.
"What builds California and America is not one group or any bureaucracy... it's individual families," Brown said. "My ancestors from Germany came across the plains looking for a better life." Amar Shergill, a Sikh activist and attorney, said: "The Sikh community is at a turning point that many immigrants go through. We're no longer looking inward. We're politically active, and the governor recognises this." Brown signed into law two legislative bills - Assembly Bill 1964 and Senate Bill 1540 in 2012.
