Above: The Queen visits Leicester Gurdwara on August 1, 2002. Below: from bottom to top - The Order of the British Empire medals for Member, Officer and Commander, respectively.
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The Queen Honours Sikh-Britons
Various Sikh-Britons in the media and elsewhere will be honoured by Queen Elizabeth, according to the New Year's Honours list, released last week.
Most notably, Lakhbir Kaur, also known as Lucky Dhillon, was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Asian broadcasting and to the media industry. She previously produced and presented the Sikh programme "Amrit Vela" on Spectrum Radio and won the Asian Women of Achievement award in 2007.
Other recipients include:
Order of British Empire (OBE)
Dr Kuldip Kaur Bharj, Senior lecturer in "Midwifery and Lead Midwife" for Education, School of Healthcare, Leeds University. For services of healthcare and to the community in Leeds.
Order of the British Empire: Member (MBE)
Dr Surinder Singh Jolly, general medical practitioner, Manchester. For services to healthcare.
Order of the British Empire: Commander (CBE)
Dr Indarjit Singh, OBE, Dir, Network of Sikh Organisations (UK). For services to inter-faith and community relations.
January 8, 2009
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1: Bhupinder Singh Bance (London, England), January 19, 2009, 7:27 AM.
It's time for us Sikhs to put veteran Fauja Singh's name to this list. He'll soon be 100; How many more years has he left? His acheivements in marathons and sports is beyond belief - here is a man who breaks records and gives all his prize money to the charity, BLISS, for premature babies. We should be pressing for him and nominating him! No one desrves it more. He's an inspiration to us all, young and old, Sikh and non-Sikh!