The project focuses on collecting, preserving and communicating the heritage & history of the ‘first generation’ Panjabis, primarily Sikh immigrants from the Panjab (India) who settled in Southall in the 1950s, 1960s. It will catalogue, record and showcase the experiences, struggles, and ground breaking contributions and work of these early Panjabi immigrants, who inspired generation of immigrant communities across the UK including the . It will record their pioneering social, cultural, faith & political contributions which established Southall as an iconic community locally nationally and at international level.