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1. P11924 - Full figure portrait of Mr. Banga and his sons Left to right: Agit Singh Banga, Nand Singh Banga, Bim Banga. Nand joined his father, Thakur, in 1920. It was his 14th birthday, August 8th. He immediately began work at the Abbotsford Lumber Company mill on Mill Lake. Too young for anything else, Nand was paid 15¢ an hour to stack end cuts to keep the work area clear. In 1924 Nand returned to India to marry. Within the year, as was the law at the time, Nand returned to Abbotsford with his wife, Dhan Kaur. A stranger in a foreign environment, with few other Indian women with which to associate, Nand’s wife missed the family structure she had left in India. In 1938 Dhan Kaur took her daughters and youngest son, Mohinder, and returned to India permanently to oversee family matters and be back in familiar surroundings. Bim, his father, Nand, and older brother, Ajit, made occasional trips back to India to visit. Bim recalls that things were very different after his mother left. Nand and the boys ate some meals with an aunt and uncle and maintained community connections through activities at the gurdwara. Nand taught his sons the importance of maintaining their culture and Sikh religion.

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2. P11925 - Studio portrait of the Banga family. Back: Nand Singh Banga, Bim Banga. Front, left to right: Bhagwan Kaur Banga, Dhan Kaur Banga holding Isher Kaur Banga, Agit Banga.

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3. P13088 - Bim Banga when he was eighteen. The donor had recently returned with his family from a visit to India to see his mother. He was working on Sunder Singh Thandi's farm planting, weeding, spraying, etc.

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4. P13095 - Three little boys dressed alike: Mike, Bim and Agit Banga. Mike is Bim's cousin (Pritam's son) and a year younger than Bim.

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5. P13104 - Bim and Baldish Banga and their three children. Back row, left to right: Harbir "Herbie" (Banga) Bower, Jasvinder "Jim" Banga and Balbir "Willie" Banga. Willie is the oldest, then Herbie, then Jim. In front are Baldish and Bim.

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