The Sikh 100 2020

Singh Sahib Jathedar Sant Baba Kulwant Singh Ji was born in Nanded Sahib on 1st May 1967. Baba ji grandfather was Sardar Mangal Singh Ji, Kadewale.

Bibi Jagir Kaur is the first woman to be elected for the third time as the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, she is an active member of the Shiromani Akali Dal.

Giani Harpreet Singh Ji is the Jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib and Sri Akal Takht Sahib – the highest temporal seat of Sikhs.

Current Chief Minister, Arminder Singh, born March 1942, is the President of Punjab PCC. He served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007.

Baba Balbir Singh Ji, born in Patiala in 1964, were sworn as the 14th Jathedar of Budha Dal by their predecessor Singh Sahib Baba Santa Singh Ji.

Jinda Shaheed, Singh Sahib Jathedar Sant Baba Nihal Singh Ji, of the Sikh organisation Misl Shaheedan Tarna Dal Harian Belan, is a living embodiment of the true teachings of the Sikhi.

Baba Ji, born in 1929, grew up with a resolve to dedicate his life to spreading the Divine Message of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

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Bhai Sahib (Dr) Mohinder Singh Ji, Chairman of the Nishkam Group of Charitable Organisations since 1995, is the third inline of the Spiritual Leaders of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ).

Baba Sewa Singh Ji is an Indian social worker and environmentalist, involved in the restoration and maintenance of the historic Gurudwaras at Khadoor Sahib.

Baba Kashmir Singh Ji was born on 12 Harh 1967 at the home of Sardar Buta Singh and Gyan Kaur. Baba Ji learned from his mother as she used to take an active part in the Panthak services.

Since childhood Baba Ji has spent their entire life at Gurdwara Karamsar, originally under the guidance of Sant Kishan Singh Ji.

Dr Manmohan Singh, India’s fourteenth Prime Minister, is highly acclaimed as a thinker and a scholar.

Hardeep Singh is the current Union Minister of State with Independent Charge in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Sarabjit or Sabi as he is otherwise known as a Senator in the Senate of Canada. The Governor General of Canada on the advice of the Prime Minister appointed him to the Senate in 2016.

Navdeep Singh is the Member of Parliament for Mississauga–Malton and was appointed Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development on November 4, 2015.

Harjit Singh is the current Minister of National Defence and a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Vancouver South.

Bardish Chagger PC MP is a Canadian politician who is the current Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism.

Sukhbir Singh is currently the youngest President of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) political party and serves as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab.

Parkash Singh Badal is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of the state of Punjab since 2007 and is one of the top 10 richest politicians in India.

Manpreet Singh Badal is an Indian politician and leader of the Indian National Congress. He has been member of Punjab Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2012

Rana Gurmit Singh was elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 2002, 2007, 2012 and again in 2017. He is a direct descendant of the Fouth Sikh Guru-Sri Guru Ram Das Ji.

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Mr. Ajaypal Singh Banga, is the current president and CEO of MasterCard Inc and on the Board of Directors. He succeeded Robert W. Selander in July 2010.

Manjinder Singh Sirsa was born 28 February 1972 and he is an Indian politician and member of the Shiromani Akali Dal.

The elected members of the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) representing all four provinces of the country.

Dr Inderjit Kaur was born on 25th January 1942, she studied medicine and acquired an M.B.B.S. degree from Govt. Medical College, Patiala in 1967.

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Dr Bibi Ji Inderjit Kaur Khalsa (Bhai Sahiba) was born on January 22, 1935 in Wazirabad. Bibi ji’s mother traces her lineage directly to Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

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Rabinder Singh is a High Court Judge who grew up in a working-class part of Bristol and attended Bristol Grammar School.

Manjit Singh is President of prestigious organisation of Sikhs, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), managing gurdwaras in India capital, Delhi.

Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa has been hailed as one of today Sikh heroes. He was born on 7th March 1983 and has been involved with human rights activism since early 1970’s.

Navjot Singh Sidhu is an Indian politician, television personality and former cricketer. He currently serves as the Minister of Local Government, Tourism, Cultural Affairs.

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Jay Singh is Chairman and CEO of Customers Bancorp, Inc. and Customers Bank with headquarters in Wyomissing. Today it is a proforma $5 billion asset high-performing bank.

Mr Kuldip Singh Dhingra is an industrialist. He is Managing Director at Spectro Analytical Labs Pvt. Ltd and the Chairman of Berger Paints Group.

Harindarpal Singh Banga known as Harry, is an Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of The Caravel Group Limited.

The Thakral Group was founded in 1905 by Kartar Singhs father, Mr Sohan Singh. The Groups beginnings were in Bangkoks textile trade, operating as Punjab Store

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Sant Singh is the president and CEO of Hampshire Hotels & Resorts and has hotels in the USA, UK and Thailand with over 2,500 rooms in Manhattan.

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Taranjit Singh was born on 23 January 1963 and graduated with History (Hons) from St. Stephens, Delhi. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1988 and served in the former Soviet Union.

MPP Jagmeet Singh was elected in the riding of Bramalea-Gore-Malton in the 2011 provincial election.

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Before becoming New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Singh served as Bergen County Prosecutor, the chief law enforcement officer of the most populous county in New Jersey

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Ravinder Singh Bhalla was born January 13, 1974, often simply called Ravi Bhalla, he is an American civil rights lawyer, politician and the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey.

Popularly known as Robbie Singh, he has over 16 years of global investment banking experience in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe and Asia.

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Bal Singh Samra is a senior media executive with twenty years of experience and is now operating at the highest level in his field.

Mr N P Singh has been Chief Executive Officer of Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd., since January 3, 2014. Mr. Singh serves as Chief Operating Officer of Sony Entertainment Television since December 2004.

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Davinder Singh Bal started his career as a successful Personal Injury Solicitor at Rowley Ashworth and Thompsons before founding DBS Law and Don’t Delay Claim Today.

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Amrik Singh came to the UK 1976 at very young age. He owns many commercial properties and farms in and around Birmingham.

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Jus broadcasting is media syndicated, with many platforms, three television channels and a radio station. It is based in New York and broadcast throughout North America.

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Jasminder Singh is Chairman and CEO of The Edwardian Group Limited (the parent company of Radisson Edwardian Hotels).

Onkar Singh Kanwar is a Science and Administration graduate from the University of California. In 2002 he took control as the Chairman of Apollo Tyres Ltd, founded by his father in 1976.

Analjit Singh is the Founder & Chairman of Max India Limited, Chairman of Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited, Max Healthcare Institute Limited and Max BUPA Health Insurance.

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Harpal Singh studied chemical engineering at Cambridge and attained an MBA at Harvard. He worked in scientific research and management consultancy.

Jaspal Singh is a global financial services industry executive with a consistent track record of driving profitable growth and increasing brand and shareholder value.

Karan Bajwa is Managing Director of Google Cloud in India. Before Google, he had been serving with IBM as MD for India, and prior to that, he was with Microsoft for over eight years.

Milkha Singh is an Indian athlete, nicknamed the Flying Sikh. He won Gold in both 200m and 400m events at 1958 Asian Games, clocking 21.6 seconds and 47 seconds respectively.

Ron Singh Chatha is a long-time resident of Brampton and was recently appointed by the Provincial government to the Regional Municipality of Peel Police Service Board in January 2019.

Bob Singh, born 1965, is President and Chief Executive of Mainstreet Equity Corp. After graduating, he completed his MBA at Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario.

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Indarjit Singh is Director of The Network of Sikh Organisations UK, Vice Chair and Founder of the InterFaith Network UK.

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Raminder Singh Ranger MBE, FRSA is a successful businessman, honoured five times by Her Majesty the Queen, four times for Business and once for services to the British Asian Community.

Upjit Singh is a graduate of Guru Nanak Dev University and was uniquely appointed to the Board of Trustees of the University of Liberia, by the President of Liberia, H.E. Excellency Ellen.

With an experience of over 30 years, Mr. Chadha is responsible for the Group’s strategic decision making along with corporate finance activities.

Vikramjit Singh is a well known entrepreneur, educationist and social worker of Delhi who has been conferred with the honour of Padma Shri and the International Peace Award.

Manjit is the Executive Vice President for TD Bank. He has spent the last two decades working in the banking sector both in Canada and internationally.

Harvinder Singh Phoolka is a senior advocate of Delhi High Court, Human Rights activist, and an author. After completing his law degree in Chandigarh, Phoolka practiced law in Delhi.

Diljit Dosanjh is a Punjabi actor, singer, television presenter and social media celebrity who works in Punjabi and Hindi cinema.

For over 90 years, The Chatthe Group are well known throughout Africa for sugar milling in Kenya. The group consists of Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries.

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Surinder Pal Singh Oberoi, 57, is a Dubai-based businessman from a small town in Punjab. He came to Dubai in 1980 as a mechanic, returned to India after a year to launch a family business.

The Rai Group known as RaiPly is Kenya’s largest agro-forestry concern. It has spread its plywood wings to Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi – where it’s the biggest wood processor.

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Didar Singh is of the best-known Punjabi Americans. He is the largest peach farmer in California with 40,000 acres in 13 counties and one of the largest in the world.

Tarlochan Singh is an Indian politician and a Member of the Parliament of India, representing Haryana.

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Dr Kartar Singh Lalvani founded Britains fastest growing nutraceutical company Vitabiotics in 1971. It’s a family business and has twice won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.

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Sukhpal Singh left Uganda and moved to England at 13. He worked on market stalls in Liverpool Street and Petticoat Lane and at 18 had an opportunity to buy a car parts shop for £5,000 in Willesden.

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Harpal, Raj and Tony, the founders of Grange Hotels, together own and manage 12 luxury hotels located in the heart of London and a 13th one at Bracknell, Windsor.

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Darshan Singh is the largest petrol retailer in USA. With more than 1,000 petrol stations across 11 states in the US and an annual turnover of $2 billion.

Rupinder Singh is the Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, he is a first-batch of alumnus from IRMA, Anand and obtained his B.E.(Ag) degree from CTAE, Udaipur.

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Ravinder Singh was born in Singapore and is the founder of Khalsa Aid. Established in 1999, Khalsa Aid is an international non-profit and relief agency founded on Sikh principles.

Ramesh Singh was born in 1974 to Punjabi Sikh family in Nankana Sahib. His family left Lyallpur to settle in Nankana Sahib in 1965.

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Gurmastik Singh Khalsa was 7 years old when his parents sent him to India (Guru Nanak Fifth Centenary School & Guru Ram Das Academy) for his education.

With the blessings of Sri Guru Ramdass Ji Swinderpal Singh has been participating in Sewa at Sachkand Sri Harmandar Sahib Ji, for over 20 years.

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Raj Sahni was born in Kuwait and is the owner of RSG Group of Companies spanning across the Middle East, USA and South Asia

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As a Sikh Coalition co-founder and current Executive Board Chairman responsible for providing leadership support to the organisation.

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Dr. Rajwant Singh was born in Calcutta, India, in 1961. He immigrated to the United States in 1979 and settled in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

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Harpreet Singh, Esq., former Legal Director of UNITED SIKHS recently joined the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service as the Regional Director of Region III.

Nav Bhatia spends more than $300,000 a year on Raptors’ tickets. Each year Navdeep celebrates Vaisakhi and Diwali on the court purchasing thousands of tickets for children.

At a very early age Gurinder Singh joined his father’s business, which involved taking projects for the Government. Today the Bawa Group of Companies has spread into various sectors.

Balbir Singh is the Founder and Chairman of the BMK Group. Now a Philanthropist and Social Worker. A commerce graduate from Delhi university.

Inderjit Singh is an entrepreneur and politician in Singapore’s parliament and has represented the Ang Mo Kio GRC from 1996 to 2015.

Devinder Singh achieved an MSc and PhD (Microbiology) from the Ohio State University and University of Southern Illinois in 1966.

Parvinder Singh, a Police officer, served as 30th Police Commissioner in Mumbai and as Director General of Police and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Welfare and Housing.

Rajinder Singh is a respected businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and Managing Director of Multiple Hauliers (East Africa) Ltd, the flagship of Multiple Group of Companies.

Dr Naranjan Singh Dhalla, from Ghanieke, Punjab graduated in Physics and Chemistry (Punjab University) with an MSc and PhD in Pharmacology (University of Pennsylvania).

Anarkali Kaur in 2010 became the first Sikh and non Muslim Senator in the Afgan Parliament. Her dream job was to be a pilot, but she realised this was going to be impossible in Afghanistan

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Gurinder Chadha is a Sikh film director, born in Nairobi Kenya in 1960 and moved to West London at the age of 2.

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In 2003, Harmeek Singh moved to Dubai with just grit and a fiery ambition in his wallet. He is the director the Plan B Group, which comprises of eight companies

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Surender Singh is youngest President of the Automobile Association of Andhra Pradesh and youngest Captain of the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai.

Mohinder Singh Bhullar has risen from a simple beginning to a successful businessman in Brunei Darussalam. He has been instrumental in the formation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.

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Kuldeep Singh is a clinical scientist by profession and he is President of the Sikh Youth Federation USA. In 1996 he helped with the forming of the ‘World Sikh Council America Region’.

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Sukhinder began her career in investment banking, media and online services while working at Merrill Lynch, British Sky Broadcasting and Amazon.

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Paul Bassi is a leading businessman and Midlands based philanthropist. He has interests in a £300 million property and business portfolio, which includes estate agency

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Sandip Kaur was born in 1959 Amritsar India and moved with her parents to England in 1960. She was made a Conservative life peer as ‘Baroness Verma’ of Leicester in 2006.

Arjinder Pal Singh is a prominent businessman based in Botswana. His business empire spreads across the education, construction, tourism, airline, manufacturing and agriculture industries.

In 1988, Surjit Singh became the world’s first Sikh to start an airline. Gifted with extraordinary business acumen, he turned his SkyLink Group into a multi-million-dollar conglomerate.

Birinder Singh has a lifetime of service in Health Care, Entrepreneurship, Community Activism and Philanthropy. As president of BSA Diagnostics Limited, Birinder Singh oversees many locations.