1.   As a young man he had scandalized his Sikh family by shaving off his beard.

2.   A Sikh family usually prepares the body for disposal themselves, bathing it and dressing it in clean clothes.

3.   At the time, he was returning home from a religious ceremony blessing the new home of a Sikh family.

4.   Gangandeep Bakshi was a Queens teen-ager whose strict Sikh family was apparently unaware she was falling in love over the Internet with a man outside her religion.

5.   Hindu mobs targeted Sikh families, burnt their homes and even massacred children.

6.   Hindu mobs targeted Sikh families, burned their homes and massacred children.

7.   Provincial authorities said Tuesday an inquest will be held to examine the murder of nine members of a Sikh family by the estranged husband of one of the victims.

8.   The RCMP said the latest victims were members of a Sikh family.

9.   Thousands of others were injured and many Sikh families fled the Indian capital.