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Born in Amritsar, Guru Di Nagri on 13th of October 1949, Bhupinder Singh Holland is a proud alumnus of Khalsa College, Amritsar (1967 -1973) where he graduated with B.Sc. and B.Ed. degrees. For the term 1967-1968, he was declared the best football player. He was honored by Khalsa College in 2008 and Khalsa College of Education in 2014. Sardar Bhupinder Singh lives in the Netherlands since 1973 where he had worked for the International computer firm IBM Nederland’s for nearly 3 decades and retired as Accounting Analyst. Sardar Bhupinder Singh has made significant contribution to the Sikh cause in Europe. As a Sikh missionary, social worker and public leader, he is among the most prominent Sikhs of the Europe. He was instrumental in setting up various memorials commemorating the Sikh martyrs in world wars. These include famous Ypres memorial. He has earned several awards including the Ambassador for Peace for his contribution to the Dutch society, especially the Sikhs and has been honored by many Sikh organizations and Gurdwara’s around the world. He is chief of International Human Rights Organization of the Dutch Sikhs (IHRDS), A True Ambassador of the City of Ypres – Belgium, Member SiriNankana Sahib Foundation, Washington D.C. In 1996, he began research work on the Sikhs’ sacrifices during the two world Wars. He collected precious information and rare photographs most of which were hitherto not known to the world. On the basis of this research, he produced such works as ‘How Europe is indebted to the Sikhs (two volumes), and the two works on contribution of Sikhs in both World wars, namely ‘Sikhs in World War 1’ and ‘Sikhs in World war 2’. These two works are a sort of mini archive of the Sikhs. These two books earned name and fame for him and he received special commendations from the scholars, statesmen and others. Both the works are historical, precious and priceless. His other important work is history of the Dutch Sikhs. Like his other works, he has made this work too as museum and archive of the Sikhs of Holland. For his work and contribution to Sikh Cause, Sardar Bhupinder Singh Holland has been honored by President of Shromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee (SGPC) Amritsar in January 2008, Chief Khalsa Diwan at Tarn Taran Sahib, Kesh Sambhal Parchar Sansatha at Amrisar and Ramgarhia Girls College at Ludhiana (all in November 2014). He was again honoured by Kes Sambhal Parchar Sanstha in 2016 as ‘Punjab Gaurav’. Thus, as a prominent community learder, writer and preacher, he is one of the peer Sikh role Models. His email-id is bsinghholland@live.nl.