Superfan Nav Bhatia: A story of love and Raptors basketball — The Big Story Bhatia studied engineering in India when he left for the United States in 1984. He is a Sikh, meaning he wears a ...

Bhatia, a 69-year-old Sikh man, immigrated from India ... held a special ceremony to award him the title of "Superfan" in 1998. When the Raptors won the 2019 NBA Championships, the team gifted ...

Now, the Raptors superfan will be forever memorialized in ... But Bhatia’s story begins in 1984 when he sought refuge in Canada after anti-Sikh riots in India, according to CNN’s Great Big ...

But in 1984, members of India's Sikh community were targeted in ... the immigrant Everyman who went on to become the Raptors' most beloved superfan. Celebrating several high points in Bhatia's ...

Mumbai, India – When the Toronto Raptors played their first game in ... All this was enough reason for the franchise to christen him a “Superfan” in 1998 and hand him the Number 95 jersey ...

But today, the Raptors boast one of the ... found work as a car salesman. (CBC/Superfan: The Nav Bhatia Story) In 1984, violence broke out between Sikh separatists and government troops, sparking ...

He moved to Toronto in 1984 to escape India’s anti-Sikh riots ... In 1998, Raptors executive Isiah Thomas officially named him the team’s Superfan and presented him with a special jersey.

Nav Bhatia never set out to become the undisputed Superfan of the Toronto Raptors. But empowered by ... as it might have been the inability of the Sikh community to integrate with the rest of ...

Nobody wanted to hire a Sikh with a turban and beard ... Though he may be a Raptors Superfan, the outreach is not limited to Toronto. Bhatia has put on similar events such as selling out a ...

Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia has become one of the ... 3,000 tickets to home games and gifted them to members of the Sikh community, including a large number of children, to celebrate ...