- Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh (born: 3 July, 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer and India's most successful off spin bowler. Harbhajan made his Test and One-Day International (ODI) debuts in early 1998. His career was initially beset by investigations into the legality of his bowling action and disciplinary incidents that raised the ire of cricket authorities. However in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, … - Qadian
Qadian(ਕਾਦਿਆਂ) is a small town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur, north-east of Amritsar, situated 18 km east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India. From Gurdaspur take Kahnuwan-Kot-Todarmal for about 26 km to reach Qadian. Qadian is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and of the Ahmadiyya Muslim movement he founded. Qadian was established in 1530 CE and Mirza Hadi Baig was the first Qazi (city Magistrate) of this area. - Amarinder Singh
Capt. Amarinder Singh (born March 11, 1942, Patiala, India) is an MLA in the Vidhan Sabha and former Chief Minister of Punjab. - Juhi Chawla
Juhi Chawla (born 13 November, 1967 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Initially starting with mainstream films, Chawla is now appearing in parallel cinema. - Beant Singh
Beant Singh (February 19, 1922 - August 31, 1995) was Chief Minister of Punjab from 1992 to 1995. Born in the village of Pakistan,he migrated to India and settled down in village Bilaspur in Ludhiana district. Thereafter he shifted to village kotli in District Ludhiana. Respected people of Bilaspur asked him to become their sarpanch. Thereafter he never looked back. Beant Singh graduated from the prestigious government college Lahore. - Balbir Singh Sodhi
Balbir Singh Sodhi (1949 - September 15, 2001) was a Mesa, Arizona, gas station owner who was murdered in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He made headlines because he was the first of several cases across the United States that were reported to the police as acts of retaliation for the terrorist attacks. According to family members, Singh Sodhi had been distraught because of the terrorist attacks. Born in Punjab, India, he was a member of the Sikh religion. - Master Tara Singh
Master Tara Singh Malhotra (24 June, 1885, Rawalpindi, Punjab - 22 November, 1967, Chandigarh) was a prominent Sikh political and religious leader in the first half of the 20th century. He was instrumental in organizing the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee, in organizing Sikhs politically, and guided the Sikhs during the Partition of India, and later led their demand for a Sikh-majority state in Punjab, India. - Rakesh Sharma
Rakesh Sharma (born January 13, 1949 in Patiala, Punjab, India) was the first Indian and 138th man to visit space. Rakesh Sharma, then squadron leader and pilot with the Indian Air Force embarked on the mission in 1984 as part of a joint space program between the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Soviet Intercosmos space program and spent eight days in space aboard the Salyut 7 space station. - Navjot Singh Sidhu
Navjot Singh Sidhu (born October 20, 1963) is former Indian cricket batsman, who took up television commentary and, more recently, politics following his retirement from the game. He was born in Patiala, Punjab. Sidhu was elected to the Lok Sabha from Amritsar in 2004 on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket; he has since resigned, … - Jasbir Jassi
Jasbir Jassi (b. February 7, 1970 in Punjab, India) is a Bhangra musician who quit engineering to study music. He holds a master's degree in classical vocal music from Apeejay College of Fine Arts. His first pop album, "Dil Le Gayee" was released in 1998. He sees music as a way to unite the world and considers himself an ambassador for Punjabi music. In addition to music, Jassi enjoys acting and photography. - Maulana Muhammad Ali
Maulana Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali was born in 1874 in Punjab, India. - Nazir Ali
Syed Nazir Ali (born June 8, 1906, Jullundur, Punjab - died February 18, 1975, Lahore) was a prominent player from the early days of Indian cricket. Nazir Ali was an attacking right handed batsman, a fast-medium bowler and a good fielder. He was younger brother of Wazir Ali. When MCC toured India in 1926/27, he impressed the MCC captain Arthur Gilligan who suggested that Nazir should qualify for Sussex. - Wazir Ali
Syed Wazir Ali (born September 15, 1903, Jullundur, Punjab - died June 17, 1950, Karachi) was a prominent figure in early Indian cricket. Wazir Ali was an elegant right handed batsman and a useful medium pace bowler. As a cricketing figure, he was second only to C.K. Nayudu among his contemporary Indian cricketers. Wazir played in all the Tests that India played before the second world war. - Talwinder Singh Parmar
Talwinder Singh Parmar was born in the Punjab, India on February 26, 1944. Parmar was a highranking member of a Sikh terrorist organisation group known as the Babbar Khalsa. Parmar carried out terrorist activities from outside India founding a chapter of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) in Canada (Vancouver) in 1979. Parmar later became a naturalized Canadian citizen and was wanted for extradition to India to face charges of murder and conspiracy. - Nicholas Roerich
Nicholas Roerich,, was a Russian painter and spiritual teacher. He was the father of Tibetologist George Roerich (a.k.a. Yuri Roerich) and artist Svetoslav Roerich. Nicholas and his wife Helena Roerich were co-founders of the theosophical Agni Yoga Society. Born in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg, Russia to the family of a well-to-do notary public, he lived around the world until his death in Punjab, India. - Majid Khan
Majid Jahangir Khan is a former cricket player, specialist batsman and former captain of the Pakistan cricket team. Born in 1946 in Ludhiana, in the state of Punjab in India, Khan grew up in Lahore, the capital of the Punjab in Pakistan. His father, Jahangir Khan, had played Test cricket for the Indian cricket team. Khan had started out as a pace bowler, but an injury and doubts over his technique converted him into an off-spin bowler and batsman. - Saeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffrey (born 8 January 1929) is an Indian actor, who has done numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab. His film credits include "The Man Who Would Be King" (1975), "Shatranj Ke Khiladi" (1977), "Gandhi" (1982), "A Passage to India" (1965 BBC version and 1984 film) and "My Beautiful Laundrette" (1985). He has also appeared in many Bollywood films in the 1980s and 1990s. - Balkar Sidhu
Balkar Sidhu is one of the most renowned Bhangra singers. His songs invoke themes related to Punjab, India. Balkar Sidhu is born to a Jatt Sikh family. His album "Do Gallan" and "Mithey Ganney" were the most popular To know little more about Balkar Sidhu visit him online at [http://www.balkarsidhu.com] - Wadali Brothers
The Wadali Brothers (Puranchand & Pyarelal Wadali) are Sufi singers and musicians from Guru ki Wadali in the Amritsar District in Punjab, India - Herb Dhaliwal
Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal, PC, B.Comm (born December 12 1952) is a Canadian politician. Born to a Sikh family in Punjab, India, Dhaliwal's family immigrated to Vancouver when he was six. He attended John Oliver Secondary School, graduating in 1972. After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, he started a maintenance company out of his basement. He's a top level executive of Dynamic Facility Services Ltd.. - Shamsher Singh Sheri
Shamsher Singh Sheri, alias Karam Singh, was a communist leader in India. Sheri was born in 1942 in the village of Khokhar Kalan, in the Sangrur district, Punjab. Soon after his birth his father died. He was married to Harbans Kaur in 1957. Harbans was only nine years old at the time. Sheri joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and went underground 1969-1970. He took active part in the armed struggle of the party. - Tara Singh Hayer
Tara Singh Hayer, O.B.C. (November 15, 1936–November 18, 1998) was a Sikh Canadian newspaper publisher and murder victim. Hayer was born in Paddi Jagir, a small village in Punjab, India. He emigrated to Canada in 1970, where he worked as a miner, teacher, truck-driver, manager of a trucking firm, and journalist before establishing a community newspaper, the "Indo-Canadian Times", in 1978. Hayer supported the creation of Khalistan, an independent, … - Sonia Agarwal
Sonia Agarwal was born in Punjab, India on March 28, 1982. - Vijay Anand
Vijay Anand (January 22, 1934 - February 23, 2004), also known as Goldie Anand was a Bollywood film producer, director, writer and actor. He made most of his films for the in-house banner Navketan Films. Vijay Anand was born in Gurdaspur, Punjab and was the youngest of the Anand siblings. His brothers Chetan Anand and Dev Anand also have been producers and directors. Dev Anand has also been a very popular Bollywood actor. - Chetan Sharma
Chetan Sharma (born 3 January, 1966 in Ludhiana, Punjab) was a medium pace bowler who represented India in cricket. Sharma was coached by Desh Prem Azad, a Dronacharya Award winner, who was also the mentor of Kapil Dev. Despite being only 5' 8" tall, the bearded Sharma was one of the fastest bowlers in India during the 1980s. He made his first class debut for Haryana at the age of 16 and appeared in one day internationals a year later. - Sukhi Turner
Sukhinder (Sukhi) Gill Turner, DCNZM (born 1952) was the Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand, from 1995 until her retirement from the position in 2004. She was notable as the first Green Party mayor in New Zealand. She was also regarded by some as New Zealand's most prominent politician from the country's Indian community. Turner was born in Ludhiana, the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab to Squadron leader Jasbir Singh Gill and Premjit Kaur. - Kiran Bedi
Kiran Bedi is an Indian police officer and is the first woman to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972. She was born on 9th June 1949 in Amritsar, Punjab state, India, and is one of the most celebrated and widely known police officers who ever served the Indian Police Force. Kiran Bedi is the second of the four daughters of her parents, Prakash Lal Peshawaria and Prem Lata Peshawaria. - Tavleen Singh
Tavleen Singh is a noted columnist and political reporter. She was born in Mussoorie in 1950 and studied at the Welham Girls School. Tavleen completed her education in India and started her career with a reporting job at Evening Mail, Slough, where she worked and trained for two and a half years under the Westminster Press/Thompson training scheme. She returned to India in 1974 to work with The Statesman as a reporter and went on to do several stories on communal riots, … - Kuldip Singh Kular
Dr. Kuldip Singh Kular, BSc, MBBS, MD, MPP (born December 12, 1948 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is a physician and politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Bramalea-Gore-Malton-Springdale for the Ontario Liberal Party. Kular was born to a Sikh family in Chandigarh Punjab, and received a medical degree from Guru Nanak Dev University. - Kapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal was born in Jalandhar, Punjab on August 8 1948. He obtained his M.A. in History from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Delhi and LL.M. from Harvard Law School, USA. He was offered appointment to the Indian Administrative Service, but declined the offer. He joined the Bar association in 1972. He was designated as a senior advocate in 1983. He has contributed articles on important issues such as security, nuclear proliferation, terrorism etc., … - Wasim Sajjad
Wasim Sajjad Wasim Sajjad was born on March 30, 1941 in Jalandhar. He is the son of late Justice Sajjad Ahmad Jan. Wasim Sajjad has excellent academic credentials; he graduated in 1961 from Punjab University with first class honors in English. He topped and secured gold medals in several other exams at the University including F. E. L., L. L. B. and M. A. in Political Science in 1964. Wasim Sajjad was not only outstanding in his academics but also in sports and debates. - Sukh Dhaliwal
Sukh Dhaliwal, P.Eng., BCLS, MP (born November 1, 1960 in Punjab, India) is a businessman and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He is currently the Liberal Member of Parliament for Newton—North Delta, elected in the 2006 federal election. A Sikh, he emigrated from India in 1984 and became a Canadian citizen three years later. - Jagtar Singh Shergill
Jagtar Singh Shergill (b. 1970, in Punjab, India) was the NDP candidate for Brampton West, in the 2006 Canadian federal election. He lost to Colleen Beaumier. Shergill studied agricultural science at the Punjab Agricultural University. He immigrated to Canada in 1992 to continue studying agriculture at Olds Collage in Alberta. He moved to Brampton, Ontario in 1999, and began an insurance company in 2000. His political debut was in the 2006 Federal election. - Reetinder Singh Sodhi
Reetinder Singh Sodhi (b. October 18, 1980, Patiala, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer who lead India to win the Junior (Under-15) World Championship in 1996. He was also the vice-captain of Indian squad for the "Youth (Under-19) World Championship" in January, 2000. Sodhi comes from a cricketing family in Punjab. His father Mahesh Inder Singh played in the Ranji Trophy for Punjab. After his stunning performances at the junior level, … - Raminder Gill
Raminder Singh Gill is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003, and has unsuccessfully sought election to the Canadian House of Commons on three separate occasions. Gill was born to a Sikh family in Punjab, India. He was educated at the University of Toronto, and holds a Master's Degree in Engineering. He works as a Chemical Engineer in private life, … - Jaswant Singh Kanwal
Jaswant Singh Kanwal was born in Dhudike, Moga District, Punjab, India. He is a short story writer and a novelist with left-leanings. He has published several books. The most notable is Lahoo Di Lo (Dawn of the Blood). This novel is based on the Naxalite movement in Punjab. It was so controversial that during the infamous Emergency days of 1970's, none of the publishers was willing to publish it. - Baba Bhaniara
Baba Piara Singh Bhaniara is the spiritual of a breakaway Sikh sect based in Dhamiana village in Ropar, Punjab. He is believed to have about 20,000 to 600,000 followers, the majority of whom are dalits. He once worked as an employee of the Horticulture Department at a sericulture farm in Asmanpur village. His grew up in a modest family, his father Tulsi Ram, a mason, was a caretaker of two mazaars. - Prithviraj III
Prithviraj Chauhan (c. 1168-1192) Prithviraj Chauhan was a king of the Kshatriya Chauhan (Chahamana) Rajput dynasty, who ruled a kingdom in northern India during the latter half of the 12th century. He was born c. 1168 to king Someshwara Chauhan and his wife Karpuravalli. He succeeded to the throne c. 1179, while still a minor, and ruled from the twin capitals of Ajmer and Delhi. His elopement with Sanyogita, the daughter of Jai Chandra, the Gahadvala king of Kannauj, … - Gurbax S. Malhi
Gurbax Singh Malhi , the Member of Parliament for Bramlea-Gore-Malton, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993. He was re-elected in 1997, 2000 and again in June 2004, and he is the first turbaned Member of Parliament in the Western World. Mr. Malhi is currently the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. - Piara Khabra
Piara Singh Khabra (20 November 1921 – 19 June 2007) was a British politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Ealing Southall from 1992 until his death. He was the fifth Asian, and the first Sikh, to become a British MP. From the retirement of Sir Edward Heath in 2001 until his death, Khabra was the oldest MP sitting in the House of Commons, and the only sitting MP to have served in the forces during the Second World War.
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