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Jaswant Singh Khalra was "disappeared" by Punjab police months after alerting Ottawa of the widespread killings of Sikhs.
Rajinder Singh, AKA the Skipping Sikh, is preparing for his first 26.2-mile race – with community support and the memory of his father powering him along
A resident of Sabuwal village near Lohian, she had seen three centuries happily.
Also a doctor by profession, Kaur is the first non-Muslim member of the Afghan National Assembly.
Balwinder Kaur, aAt 21 years old, helped her team place fourth which, until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was the best the Indian Women’s Field Hockey team had ever done.
She’s been a yoga teacher for the past half century, but in the 1960s she was a busy triple threat in New York.
“You wouldn’t get sabzi-roti. It is tough to manage your diet in these situations. For me, I have always had these problems whenever I go for competition outside because they add eggs to everything. I try to carry my own food, stuff that can balance my protein level, my vegan supplements, I try to prepare accordingly," she told News18.com in an exclusive interaction.
In 2017 Darshan received a lifetime achievement award from the University of California-Riverside for his contributions to the study of the Sikh diaspora... He is survived by his wife, Gurmeet Kaur, whom he married in 1968, their children, Hardip, Harjeet and Rajwant, six grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.
There was a need to preserve zeal and commitment, which Piara Singh Padam showed.