Balbir Singh Sr. - Best Sikh Hockey player of All times

Balbir Singh is a retired field hockey player from India, who was a member of three OlympicLondon (1948), Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956). gold medal winning teams, in Reputed as a centre-forward, He is often called Balbir Singh Senior to distinguish him from other Indian hockey players named Balbir Singh.He coached the Indian team for the 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup in which India won the bronze medal. He was the manager of the Indian team for the 1975 Men's Hockey World Cup which India won.

Achievements: 

Balbir, the winning captain
at Melbourne Olympics

1) Guinness World record for most goals scored in an Olympic final is in the hands of India's Balbir Singh 'Senior', who scored five goals in Helsinki in1952 when India defeated Holland 6 -1 in Olympics final.

 

2) Balbir Singh was chosen as the top Sikh Hockey Player of all time by a panel of judges in April 2006 in New Delhi. 

 

3)  Balbir holds the unique honour of being the flag-bearer to the Indian contingent in two successive Olympics in 1952 and 1956.

 

 

India's Flag bearer,Balbir Singh,
at Melbourne Olympics

4) Balbir Singh and Gurdev Singh of India feature in a hockey stamp issued by Dominican Republic in 1958. 

 

5) Balbir was honoured with Padma Shri in 1957. 

 

 

Lt Gen Bikram Singh - Indian Army Chief

General Bikram Singh took charge of the Indian Army on Thursday (May 31), succeeding General V.K. Singh who proceeded on superannuation after 42 years of distinguished service in the army.

Lt. Gen. Bikram Singh

The change of command was solemnised at a ceremony in the Army Chief's office. General Bikram Singh will formally assume charge as the 25th Chief of Army Staff on June 1, 2012.

General Bikram Singh is an alumnus of the Punjab Public School, Nabha. He was commissioned into The Sikh Light Infantry in March 1972.

During his military career spanning over forty years, the General has held various high profile command and staff appointments. He has commanded an infantry battalion in the North East and on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, a RR Sector and an infantry division in Northern Command.

He has commanded the 15 Corps and the Eastern Army Command. He has served in three UN Peace Keeping Missions.

The general has also held important staff appointments at Army Headquarters, which include tenures in military pperations, perspective planning and staff duties.

Besides holding two Masters Degrees from India, he also holds a Masters Degree in Strategic Defence Studies from the USA.

Suneet Singh Tuli- Maker of Aakash Tablet

Suneet Singh Tuli

Suneet Singh Tuli is the CEO of Datawind Ltd. and a serial entrepreneur.  He graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering, but soon forayed in to the electronics business in 1990 as a founder of company that manufactured large format fax, scanning and plotting equipment.  In the last 21 years, he’s successfully taken two companies public on the Nasdaq stock market, launched 17 new products and managed operations globally.
Suneet Singh feels the best life-book is The Guru Granth Sahib. In his words,” the more you read it, the more you learn.  Each time you read it, you grow more”.

Satyendra Singh Huja-Mayor of US city, Charlottesville

Satyendra Sing Huja

The City Council in Charlottesville, Virginia has voted in longtime resident and city planner Satyendra Singh Huja as their mayor for the next two years. Huja originally comes from Nainital. This is a ground-breaking accomplishment for Sikh Americans, whose acceptance in this country has often been challenged by those ignorant of our physical appearance and articles of faith. Charlottesville is the hometown of American founding father Thomas Jefferson and nearby that of James Madison. The symbolism is two-fold for Sikhs and for America, in that such a person is able to reach the position he has, maintaining his religious articles of faith, in a place that had a role in the founding of this country.

Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi recieves Combat Award

Kamaljeet Singh

Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi the first turbaned US Sikh soldier in last 30 years has received Bronze Star Medal, the fourth-highest combat award for his meritorious services in Afghanistan.

Kalsi, a doctor, received the medal for "exceptionally meritorious service as an emergency medicine physician" while deployed in Afghanistan during the first half of 2011. He was the first Sikh to be allowed to go on active duty with a turban, beard and unshorn hair in more than 20 years. 

Among other reasons for receiving the Bronze Star, an official recommendation from Major Kalsi's superiors cites his resuscitation back to life of two patients who were clinically dead on arrival; his "expert" emergency care of over 750 soldiers and nationals; coordination of 5 mass casualty exercises. After his service, he was promoted from Captain to Major. "It continues to be a tremendous honour to serve my country," said Kalsi.

First Sikh judge of UK high court- Rabinder Singh

Rabinder Singh, a leading lawyer who successfully appeared on behalf of Indian doctors in an immigration case in 2007, has been sworn in as the first Sikh judge of the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice. Singh, 47, is the son of Indian immigrants, and studied at the Bristol Grammar School and the University of Cambridge.
Singh is the first Sikh judge of the High Court, but not the first Sikh to be appointed to a senior level in Britain’s judiciary.
The first Sikh and Asian to be appointed a judge was Mota Singh, who was knighted in 2010.
A leading human rights lawyer, Rabinder Singh told the Law Society Gazette: “I am a barrister who happens to be a Sikh. I have always tried to be a role model, by the work I do. I haven’t said, ‘I’m a Sikh barrister, look at what I do’. I’ve just said, ‘Look at what I do’. Everyone can see what I am.”
Singh is best known through his work suggesting that the 2003 invasion of Iraq broke international law.

Harjit Singh-First Sikh Canadian takes command of BC Regiment

Lt.Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan, has become the first Sikh in Canada to take command of a British Columbia regiment. In a historic ceremony, a change of command in the British Columbia Regiment took place on September 11th in  Vancouver.

Harjit Singh

Harjit had joined the British Columbia Regiment as a Trooper in 1989 and was commissioned in the Regiment in 1991. He was promoted to Captain in 1995 and to Major in 2005. Established in 1883, the regiment is said to be the oldest military unit in Vancouver, and has received forty battle honours in its history.
Lieutenant-Colonel Harjit Singh was born in Punjab and moved to Canada with his parents at the age of five . Lieutenant-Colonel Harjit Singh’s most recent deployment to Afghanistan was in November 2010 .