Ishar Singh Ishar Singh, a Sikh preacher, based in Bhopal, was born on 14th November1934 in District Gujarat (now in Pakistan). He completed his educational qualification with a Master’s degree in Maths with statistics in 1957 from Meerut College, Meerut (Agra University). He worked in the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh […]

Harcharan Singh Chawla Harcharan Singh Chawla was born on 20th August 1934 in Peshawar (now in Pakistan). After partition, his family headed by his father Late S. Man Singh Nirman shifted to Delhi, where he along with his brother and sister got education. He got his Master’s degree in history in 1959 from Punjab University. […]

Bhagwant Singh Dilawari Bhagwant Singh Dilawari, one of the most outstanding persons and gursikh, was born on 11 November 1930 at Jhelum (now in Pakistan). After his graduation, he got employment in Ministry of External Affair. Although, during his service career, he had to stay most of the time in foreign countries (his postings included […]

Inderjit Kaur Inderjit Kaur, the first Lady Vice Chancellor of a University in India was born on 01.09.1923 at Patiala. Her father Colonel Sher Singh, many a times had to stay out of Patiala because of his service in the Army. Thus Inderjit Kaur did her schooling in Patiala but got her teacher training degree […]

Dr. Santokh Singh Dr. Santokh Singh, a well known name in Sikh circles, was born on 21st July 1923 in Rawalpindi (Pakistan). He completed his Medical education with M.S. (Ophthalmology) from Medical College, Lahore (1944-1947) and after partition from Medical College, Bombay (1947-1953). He served as lecturer in Department of Ophthalmology in Medical College, Gwalior […]

Ajeet Kaur Ajeet Kaur, one of the best short story writers of Punjabi language, was born in 1934 in Lahore. She had her early education in Lahore, but when, after partition the family shifted to Delhi. She completed her education with M.A. in Economics and B.Ed. She then took up Journalism and edited Directories of […]

Dr. Dilip Kaur Tiwana Description Dr. Dilip Kaur Tiwana is a world renowned novelist and short stories writer of contemporary Punjabi literature. She was born on 4th May 1935 in village Rabbon in the Ludhiana district of Punjab in a well-todo land-owning family. She was educated at Patiala, where her uncle, Sardar Sahib Tara Singh […]

Avinash Kaur Sarin Avinash Kaur Sarin is a well known Indian News Anchor,Journalist, Voice Artist, Documentary Director and television personality.She presented news as one of the primary News anchors of “Doordarshan”,the National News Network of India. Born in a Sikh family with her father as a Professor in Music, Avinash was hugely influenced by Indian […]

Bebe Man Kaur When Fauja Singh runs a marathon, the whole world feels inspired. When a lady of more than 100 years does the same thing, the inspiration increases all the more and the attention of the world is focused upon her. Such a role-model lady who figured recently in news, when she ran a […]

Milkha Singh Description Milkha Singh, known as the flying Sikh, is generally accepted as the finest athlete India has ever produced. He was born in Pakistan and as per the record available there, his date of birth is 20 November 1929. He was orphaned during the partition, when his parents, a brother and two sisters […]