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A government informer, Chaudhry Sahib Rai of Naushahra Pannuan, complained to the Faujdar of Patti, Jafar Begh that Tara Singh harbored criminals. The faujdar sent a contingent of 25 horse cavalry and 80 foot soldiers to Wan, but Tara Singh’s colleague Sardar met them in the fields, fought back and routed the invaders leaving several dead, including their commander, nephew of the faujdar before achieving martyrdom himself. Ja’far Begh reported the matter to Zakariya Khan, who sent a punitive expedition consisting of 2,000 horses, 5 elephants, 40 light guns, and 4 cannon wheels under orders of his deputy, Momin Khan. Tara Singh had barely 22 men with him at that time. They kept the Lahore force at bay through the night, but were killed to a man in the hand to hand fight on the following day. Their heads were taken back to Lahore and thrown in a dry well where Gurdwara Shaheed Singhania now stands in Landa Bazar. The Gurdwara Sahib now marks the site where the dead bodies of Bhai Tara Singh and his 20 companions were cremated.

A government informer, Chaudhry Sahib Rai of Naushahra Pannuan, complained to the Faujdar of Patti, Jafar Begh that Tara Singh harbored criminals. The faujdar sent a contingent of 25 horse cavalry and 80 foot soldiers to Wan, but Tara Singh’s colleague Sardar met them in the fields, fought back and routed the invaders leaving several dead, including their commander, nephew of the faujdar before achieving martyrdom himself. Ja’far Begh reported the matter to Zakariya Khan, who sent a punitive expedition consisting of 2,000 horses, 5 elephants, 40 light guns, and 4 cannon wheels under orders of his deputy, Momin Khan. Tara Singh had barely 22 men with him at that time. They kept the Lahore force at bay through the night, but were killed to a man in the hand to hand fight on the following day. Their heads were taken back to Lahore and thrown in a dry well where Gurdwara Shaheed Singhania now stands in Landa Bazar. The Gurdwara Sahib now marks the site where the dead bodies of Bhai Tara Singh and his 20 companions were cremated.

Suitcases are funny places. You can neatly fold memories and stack them away for all time, the ageing ­ the remembering and the for getting ­ all happens within the confines of the hard, moulded plastic case. There’s an old one in a home in Chandigarh; maybe it’s a fading black or a dusty grey, the colour adding to the old-ness of the whole thing. This one contains photographs, with their own stories. There are hundreds of them ­ yellowing, edges frayed, the black fading into the white and all of it turning into grey. Everything smells of age, yet they remain fresh. Because not far is the human mind, its many recesses and its unimaginably expandable memory, fuelled by almonds, Chyawanprash and driven by pure will.

Balbir Singh Dosanjh, simply Balbir Senior, belongs to this one suitcase, and Senior, belongs to this one suitcase, and possesses one such mind. Together, they are time-travellers. The ticket-checker, his sprightly daughter Sushbir, gently ensures both don’t wander away too far.

As a triple Olympic gold winner in hockey (1948, 1952 and 1956), independent India’s first flag-bearer at the Olympics, an astonishing goal-count and today at 93 India’s oldest living Olympian, Balbir Sr’s should have been a fascinating, celebrated life. Instead, he lives un-feted, seemingly content in his surprisingly brisk afternoon walks in the neighbourhood park.

For the uninitiated, Balbir Sr is the unheralded equal to Dhyanchand, a most worthy inheritor of the mantle during hockey’s golden era. But while the Major is still spoken of in near-mythical tones in hockey and nation-building terms ­partly because of his exploits at Berlin 1936 at the height of Hitler’s Nazism and largely due to the British imperialist perpetuation of the legend ­ it is staggering to believe such a huge slice of India’s Olympic history (and perhaps, the entire Games itself) lives forgotten in some sleepy corner of a city known mainly by its impersonal sector numbers.

Maybe it’s just the timing, Dhyanchand’s legend was fuelled by the British, Balbir’s languishes in immediate post-Independence apathy. Having existed in the cusp of Independence and the tumultuous birth of a nation, it tells us a lot about our own disregard, as a people, towards a legend in our midst.

Yet, his stories are many , wondrous and eye-popping. It is said that Balbir Sr’s unorthodox upright posture when he entered the striking circle with ball glued to his stick, flummoxed many a rival goalkeeper because it gave no clue to which side of the goal he would place it. That’s how he ended being top goal-scorer in successive Olympics. Today, those hands, old and feeble, skim over each photograph as if there’s some secret code to the stories they hold.

His own personal favourite is how as a promising 20-year-old he was handcuffed by Punjab Police authorities in Delhi’s Lady Hardinge grounds and marched off to Lahore, so that he wouldn’t join any other institution and play hockey for them. He chuckles his hoarse, whispery laugh: “My father and uncles were revolutionaries, the police was loyal to the British. How could have I joined them? So I fled to Delhi, but they `arrested’ me.“

Balbir Sr’s journey crucially also coincided with the travails of Partition. There is a poignant tale of how triumphant undivided Punjab ­ which formed the bulk of India’s international hockey teams back then landed at Lahore Station from the 1947 National championships in Bombay, only to be told that the country indeed was splitting and that they would no longer be playing as one.

“The order was to go home, collect your family and belongings and find a way to safety, only be careful that the one you trusted would not turn you in to either the Hindu or the Muslim mobs. I remember being late to reach Model Town where we lived. Many of us who parted that day at Lahore Station, ran into each other only at the next Olympics,“ he remembers, pausing to add, “The only difference was many of them were playing for Pakistan now. It was a strange feeling to see you old teammates suddenly as opponents.“

For a player who scored goals by the dozens for independent India at the London, Helsinki and Melbourne Olympics, it is surreal that when he lists his favourite players, they are his Punjab teammates who were to become Pakistanis. “Mohd Azam tha, ek Masood tha, phir Maqbool aur Mehmood, phir woh Pakistan key ho gaye. Then there was Ali Iqtidar Shah (Dara) who was captured and tried as part of Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army. He played for India in 1936 and then later captained Pakistan in 1948.“

There is a special corner for Shah Rukh, a fellow striker and old friend who together scored goals at will, but too left for Pakistan, played hockey and even represented them in cycling in 1956. “He and his brother Khurram. They hailed from the Afghan royal family. Some years ago, he came visiting. We just held hands and sat, remembering our old days…“

As you spend time with him and his family , you realise there is an Old Man and the Sea idea to Balbir Sr, but with a nice twist. Clearly there’s little left for the gentleman to prove. But how do you resolve this conflict where long-drawn post-retirement contentment is at odds with rapidly vanishing recall, but there still exists an anxiety to preserve legacy. Thus, he is egged on, coaxed by family in an earnest homespun kind of way to find himself time and again, to re-introduce some sort of relevance. He is, after all, among India’s top five Olympians, alongside Dhyanchand, Leslie Claudius, Abhinav Bindra and Sushil Kumar, but hardly counted at all. It must be terrifying, being forgotten or just the feeling of having lapsed in time, and that was the reason why Hemmingway’s Santiago went after the giant marlin in the first place. It was to fight off the idea of obscurity, and that’s the same anxiety Balbir Sr’s family is confronting.

Daughter Sushbir ­with her son Kabeer ­is making efforts to resurrect her famous father, reawaken a nation that has passed him by and introduce him to a new generation. There is a plan to establish a foundation in his name to harness talent in Punjab, among other endeavours which haven’t been appropriated yet by corporate muscle. But Balbir Sr is okay with it. Typical of any elder, he good-naturedly gives in to the changed demands of an adoring family determined not to let his legacy go to seed in these legacy-spurning times. He says in his raspy, old-man’s voice, wizened face smiling, that he’s happy with his lot today . He may be 93 and mostly forgotten but he is still alert to understand that his suitcase of memories doesn’t have to become his baggage too.

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Jul 31 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai)

Suitcases are funny places. You can neatly fold memories and stack them away for all time, the ageing ­ the remembering and the for getting ­ all happens within the confines of the hard, moulded plastic case. There’s an old one in a home in Chandigarh; maybe it’s a fading black or a dusty grey, the colour adding to the old-ness of the whole thing. This one contains photographs, with their own stories. There are hundreds of them ­ yellowing, edges frayed, the black fading into the white and all of it turning into grey. Everything smells of age, yet they remain fresh. Because not far is the human mind, its many recesses and its unimaginably expandable memory, fuelled by almonds, Chyawanprash and driven by pure will.

Balbir Singh Dosanjh, simply Balbir Senior, belongs to this one suitcase, and Senior, belongs to this one suitcase, and possesses one such mind. Together, they are time-travellers. The ticket-checker, his sprightly daughter Sushbir, gently ensures both don’t wander away too far.

As a triple Olympic gold winner in hockey (1948, 1952 and 1956), independent India’s first flag-bearer at the Olympics, an astonishing goal-count and today at 93 India’s oldest living Olympian, Balbir Sr’s should have been a fascinating, celebrated life. Instead, he lives un-feted, seemingly content in his surprisingly brisk afternoon walks in the neighbourhood park.

For the uninitiated, Balbir Sr is the unheralded equal to Dhyanchand, a most worthy inheritor of the mantle during hockey’s golden era. But while the Major is still spoken of in near-mythical tones in hockey and nation-building terms ­partly because of his exploits at Berlin 1936 at the height of Hitler’s Nazism and largely due to the British imperialist perpetuation of the legend ­ it is staggering to believe such a huge slice of India’s Olympic history (and perhaps, the entire Games itself) lives forgotten in some sleepy corner of a city known mainly by its impersonal sector numbers.

Maybe it’s just the timing, Dhyanchand’s legend was fuelled by the British, Balbir’s languishes in immediate post-Independence apathy. Having existed in the cusp of Independence and the tumultuous birth of a nation, it tells us a lot about our own disregard, as a people, towards a legend in our midst.

Yet, his stories are many , wondrous and eye-popping. It is said that Balbir Sr’s unorthodox upright posture when he entered the striking circle with ball glued to his stick, flummoxed many a rival goalkeeper because it gave no clue to which side of the goal he would place it. That’s how he ended being top goal-scorer in successive Olympics. Today, those hands, old and feeble, skim over each photograph as if there’s some secret code to the stories they hold.

His own personal favourite is how as a promising 20-year-old he was handcuffed by Punjab Police authorities in Delhi’s Lady Hardinge grounds and marched off to Lahore, so that he wouldn’t join any other institution and play hockey for them. He chuckles his hoarse, whispery laugh: “My father and uncles were revolutionaries, the police was loyal to the British. How could have I joined them? So I fled to Delhi, but they `arrested’ me.“

Balbir Sr’s journey crucially also coincided with the travails of Partition. There is a poignant tale of how triumphant undivided Punjab ­ which formed the bulk of India’s international hockey teams back then landed at Lahore Station from the 1947 National championships in Bombay, only to be told that the country indeed was splitting and that they would no longer be playing as one.

“The order was to go home, collect your family and belongings and find a way to safety, only be careful that the one you trusted would not turn you in to either the Hindu or the Muslim mobs. I remember being late to reach Model Town where we lived. Many of us who parted that day at Lahore Station, ran into each other only at the next Olympics,“ he remembers, pausing to add, “The only difference was many of them were playing for Pakistan now. It was a strange feeling to see you old teammates suddenly as opponents.“

For a player who scored goals by the dozens for independent India at the London, Helsinki and Melbourne Olympics, it is surreal that when he lists his favourite players, they are his Punjab teammates who were to become Pakistanis. “Mohd Azam tha, ek Masood tha, phir Maqbool aur Mehmood, phir woh Pakistan key ho gaye. Then there was Ali Iqtidar Shah (Dara) who was captured and tried as part of Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army. He played for India in 1936 and then later captained Pakistan in 1948.“

There is a special corner for Shah Rukh, a fellow striker and old friend who together scored goals at will, but too left for Pakistan, played hockey and even represented them in cycling in 1956. “He and his brother Khurram. They hailed from the Afghan royal family. Some years ago, he came visiting. We just held hands and sat, remembering our old days…“

As you spend time with him and his family , you realise there is an Old Man and the Sea idea to Balbir Sr, but with a nice twist. Clearly there’s little left for the gentleman to prove. But how do you resolve this conflict where long-drawn post-retirement contentment is at odds with rapidly vanishing recall, but there still exists an anxiety to preserve legacy. Thus, he is egged on, coaxed by family in an earnest homespun kind of way to find himself time and again, to re-introduce some sort of relevance. He is, after all, among India’s top five Olympians, alongside Dhyanchand, Leslie Claudius, Abhinav Bindra and Sushil Kumar, but hardly counted at all. It must be terrifying, being forgotten or just the feeling of having lapsed in time, and that was the reason why Hemmingway’s Santiago went after the giant marlin in the first place. It was to fight off the idea of obscurity, and that’s the same anxiety Balbir Sr’s family is confronting.

Daughter Sushbir ­with her son Kabeer ­is making efforts to resurrect her famous father, reawaken a nation that has passed him by and introduce him to a new generation. There is a plan to establish a foundation in his name to harness talent in Punjab, among other endeavours which haven’t been appropriated yet by corporate muscle. But Balbir Sr is okay with it. Typical of any elder, he good-naturedly gives in to the changed demands of an adoring family determined not to let his legacy go to seed in these legacy-spurning times. He says in his raspy, old-man’s voice, wizened face smiling, that he’s happy with his lot today . He may be 93 and mostly forgotten but he is still alert to understand that his suitcase of memories doesn’t have to become his baggage too.

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Jul 31 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai)

सितंबर 1897 में ब्रिटिश-इंडियन आर्मी की तरफ से अफगानिस्तान के नार्थ-वेस्ट फ्रंटियर स्थित सारागढ़ी के मैदान में 14,000 अफगानों से लोहा लेने वाले 36 सिख रेजिमेंट के 21 जवानों की शौर्यगाथा को बड़े पर्दे पर उतारा जाएगा। फिल्म “चाइना गेट फेम राज कुमार संतोषी द्वारा बनाई जा रही इस फिल्म का ऑडिशन 8 अगस्त को अमृतसर में लिया जाना है। जानिए, 21 सिखों के साहस और वीरता की कहानी…

21 सिखों के साहस और वीरता की ये है कहानीः

-सारागढ़ी उत्तर-पश्चिम सीमांत प्रांत में स्थित था, जिसे अब पाकिस्तान स्थित खैबर पख्तूनवा के नाम से जाना जाता है।

-इन इलाकों में आदिवासी पश्तून समय-समय पर ब्रिटिश सैनिकों पर हमला करते रहते थे।

-इससे बचने के लिए अंग्रेजों ने वहां कई किले स्थापित किए। इनमें से लॉकहार्ट किला और गुलिस्तान किले के बीच कुछ मीलों की दूरी थी।

-इन दोनों किले पर एक साथ नजर रखी जा सके, इसके लिए दोनों किलों के बीच सारागढ़ी पोस्ट की स्थापना की गई।

-सारागढ़ी चट्टानी चोटी पर स्थित था और उसमें सैनिक पोस्ट के साथ-साथ एक सिग्नलिंग टावर भी लगा था।

सारागढ़ी के किले पर कब्जे के लिए कई हमले हुए…

27अगस्त से 11 सितंबर 1897 के बीच पश्तूनों ने सारागढ़ी के किले पर कब्जे के लिए कई हमले किए, लेकिन 36वीं सिख रेजिमेंट ने हर बार उनके मंसूबों पर पानी फेर दिया। १२ सितंबर १८९७ को 10 हजार पश्तूनों या पठानों ने सारागढ़ी के सिग्नलिंग पोस्ट पर हमला किया, जिससे लॉकहार्ट और गुलिस्तान के किलों के बीच संपर्क टूट जाए। लेकिन इसके बाद जो हुआ उसे इतिहास में २१ सिख सैनिकों की वीरता की दास्तां के तौर पर हमेशा याद रखा जाएगा।

क्या हुआ था 12 सितंबर 1897 को:

इस दिन सुबह ९ बजे सारागढ़ी के सिग्नलिंग पोस्ट की कमान संभाल रहे ३६वीं सिख रेजिमेंट के गुरुमुख सिंह ने लॉकहार्ट के किल में कर्नल हॉटेन को इस हमले की जानकारी दी। लेकिन कर्नल ने तुरंत मदद मुहैया करा पाने में असमर्थता जता दी। इसके बाद सारागढ़ी के किले में ३६वीं सिख रेजिमेंट के २१ सिख सैनिकों ने हवलदार ईशहर सिंह के नेतृत्व में हमलावरों को मुंह तोड़ जवाब देने का निर्णय लिया।

वीर सैनिक की शहादत से बड़ी जीत कैसे हो गई :

सबसे पहले शहीद हुए भगवान सिंह. अफगानी सैनिकों ने सिख सैनिकों को आत्मसमर्पण करने का प्रस्ताव दिया, जिसे उन्होंने ठुकरा दिया। इस बीच अफगानी सैनिकों ने दो बार किले का गेट खोलने का प्रयास किया लेकिन नाकाम रहे। इसके बाद दीवार को उड़ा दिया गया। फिर हुई दोनों तरफ के सैनिकों के बीच आमने-सामने की जंग।

एक ऐसी जंग जिसकी मिसाल शायद दुनिया के किसी और युद्ध के मैदान में मिलती हो। १० हजार की विशाल सेना के सामने मुट्ठी भर २१ सिख। लेकिन इन वीर सिख सैनिकों ने अफगानी सैनिकों की हालत खराब कर दी। जो बोले सो निहाल, सत श्री अकाल की हुंकार के साथ सिख सैनिक विशाल अफगानी सेना पर टूट पड़े और एक-एक सिख सैनिक दस-दस अफगानी सैनिकों पर भारी पड़ा। ईशर सिंह के नेतृत्व में सिख सैनिक पूरी वीरता के साथ लड़े और वीरगति को प्राप्त हुए, सिग्नलिंग पोस्ट संभाल रहे गुरुमुख सिंह शहीद होने वाले आखिरी सिख सैनिक थे। कहा जाता है उन्होंने अकेले ही 20 अफगानी सैनिकों को मौत के घाट उतार दिया था।

600 अफगानी सैनिकों को मौत के घाट उतार दिया था…

आखिर में २१ सिख सैनिकों के शहीद होने के बाद अफगानी सैनिकों ने सारागढ़ी के किले को तबाह कर दिया। इसके बाद वह गुलिस्तान के किले की ओर मुड़े लेकिन सिख सैनिकों से पार पाने में उन्हें इतना वक्त लग गया कि १३-१४ सितंबर की रात को मदद के लिए और अंग्रेजी सैनिक आ गए और अफगानी गुलिस्तान के किले को नहीं जीत पाए। पश्तूनों ने बाद में माना कि २१ सिख सैनिकों के साथ लड़ाई में उनके 180 सैनिक शहीद हुए। लेकिन जब बचाव दल पहुंचा तो उसने सारागढ़ी के किले के आसपास 600 से ज्यादा लाशें देखी, जिससे पता चलता है कि उन 21 वीर सैनिकों ने करीब 600 अफगानी सैनिकों को मौत के घाट उतार दिया था। 14 सितंबर को जवाबी कार्रवाई करते हुए अंग्रेजों ने सारागढ़ी पर फिर से कब्जा कर लिया।

-Source: Dainik Bhaskar

सितंबर 1897 में ब्रिटिश-इंडियन आर्मी की तरफ से अफगानिस्तान के नार्थ-वेस्ट फ्रंटियर स्थित सारागढ़ी के मैदान में 14,000 अफगानों से लोहा लेने वाले 36 सिख रेजिमेंट के 21 जवानों की शौर्यगाथा को बड़े पर्दे पर उतारा जाएगा। फिल्म “चाइना गेट फेम राज कुमार संतोषी द्वारा बनाई जा रही इस फिल्म का ऑडिशन 8 अगस्त को अमृतसर में लिया जाना है। जानिए, 21 सिखों के साहस और वीरता की कहानी…

21 सिखों के साहस और वीरता की ये है कहानीः

-सारागढ़ी उत्तर-पश्चिम सीमांत प्रांत में स्थित था, जिसे अब पाकिस्तान स्थित खैबर पख्तूनवा के नाम से जाना जाता है।

-इन इलाकों में आदिवासी पश्तून समय-समय पर ब्रिटिश सैनिकों पर हमला करते रहते थे।

-इससे बचने के लिए अंग्रेजों ने वहां कई किले स्थापित किए। इनमें से लॉकहार्ट किला और गुलिस्तान किले के बीच कुछ मीलों की दूरी थी।

-इन दोनों किले पर एक साथ नजर रखी जा सके, इसके लिए दोनों किलों के बीच सारागढ़ी पोस्ट की स्थापना की गई।

-सारागढ़ी चट्टानी चोटी पर स्थित था और उसमें सैनिक पोस्ट के साथ-साथ एक सिग्नलिंग टावर भी लगा था।

सारागढ़ी के किले पर कब्जे के लिए कई हमले हुए…

27अगस्त से 11 सितंबर 1897 के बीच पश्तूनों ने सारागढ़ी के किले पर कब्जे के लिए कई हमले किए, लेकिन 36वीं सिख रेजिमेंट ने हर बार उनके मंसूबों पर पानी फेर दिया। १२ सितंबर १८९७ को 10 हजार पश्तूनों या पठानों ने सारागढ़ी के सिग्नलिंग पोस्ट पर हमला किया, जिससे लॉकहार्ट और गुलिस्तान के किलों के बीच संपर्क टूट जाए। लेकिन इसके बाद जो हुआ उसे इतिहास में २१ सिख सैनिकों की वीरता की दास्तां के तौर पर हमेशा याद रखा जाएगा।

क्या हुआ था 12 सितंबर 1897 को:

इस दिन सुबह ९ बजे सारागढ़ी के सिग्नलिंग पोस्ट की कमान संभाल रहे ३६वीं सिख रेजिमेंट के गुरुमुख सिंह ने लॉकहार्ट के किल में कर्नल हॉटेन को इस हमले की जानकारी दी। लेकिन कर्नल ने तुरंत मदद मुहैया करा पाने में असमर्थता जता दी। इसके बाद सारागढ़ी के किले में ३६वीं सिख रेजिमेंट के २१ सिख सैनिकों ने हवलदार ईशहर सिंह के नेतृत्व में हमलावरों को मुंह तोड़ जवाब देने का निर्णय लिया।

वीर सैनिक की शहादत से बड़ी जीत कैसे हो गई :

सबसे पहले शहीद हुए भगवान सिंह. अफगानी सैनिकों ने सिख सैनिकों को आत्मसमर्पण करने का प्रस्ताव दिया, जिसे उन्होंने ठुकरा दिया। इस बीच अफगानी सैनिकों ने दो बार किले का गेट खोलने का प्रयास किया लेकिन नाकाम रहे। इसके बाद दीवार को उड़ा दिया गया। फिर हुई दोनों तरफ के सैनिकों के बीच आमने-सामने की जंग।

एक ऐसी जंग जिसकी मिसाल शायद दुनिया के किसी और युद्ध के मैदान में मिलती हो। १० हजार की विशाल सेना के सामने मुट्ठी भर २१ सिख। लेकिन इन वीर सिख सैनिकों ने अफगानी सैनिकों की हालत खराब कर दी। जो बोले सो निहाल, सत श्री अकाल की हुंकार के साथ सिख सैनिक विशाल अफगानी सेना पर टूट पड़े और एक-एक सिख सैनिक दस-दस अफगानी सैनिकों पर भारी पड़ा। ईशर सिंह के नेतृत्व में सिख सैनिक पूरी वीरता के साथ लड़े और वीरगति को प्राप्त हुए, सिग्नलिंग पोस्ट संभाल रहे गुरुमुख सिंह शहीद होने वाले आखिरी सिख सैनिक थे। कहा जाता है उन्होंने अकेले ही 20 अफगानी सैनिकों को मौत के घाट उतार दिया था।

600 अफगानी सैनिकों को मौत के घाट उतार दिया था…

आखिर में २१ सिख सैनिकों के शहीद होने के बाद अफगानी सैनिकों ने सारागढ़ी के किले को तबाह कर दिया। इसके बाद वह गुलिस्तान के किले की ओर मुड़े लेकिन सिख सैनिकों से पार पाने में उन्हें इतना वक्त लग गया कि १३-१४ सितंबर की रात को मदद के लिए और अंग्रेजी सैनिक आ गए और अफगानी गुलिस्तान के किले को नहीं जीत पाए। पश्तूनों ने बाद में माना कि २१ सिख सैनिकों के साथ लड़ाई में उनके 180 सैनिक शहीद हुए। लेकिन जब बचाव दल पहुंचा तो उसने सारागढ़ी के किले के आसपास 600 से ज्यादा लाशें देखी, जिससे पता चलता है कि उन 21 वीर सैनिकों ने करीब 600 अफगानी सैनिकों को मौत के घाट उतार दिया था। 14 सितंबर को जवाबी कार्रवाई करते हुए अंग्रेजों ने सारागढ़ी पर फिर से कब्जा कर लिया।

-Source: Dainik Bhaskar

More than three dozen Sikhs received various medals for the Singapore National Day Awards 2016.

There are 22 men and 15 women Sikhs who made the cut this time around.

Among the women on the list are District Judge Jasvender Kaur and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Senior Assistant Director Corporate Communications Satwinder Kaur.

Also on the list are Bukit Merah CCMC Vice-Chairman Sarjit Singh and former parliamentarian Inderjit Singh, who is a member of the Nanyang Technological University Board of Trustees.

Also listed is Rajpal Singh, who was appointed as Consul-General Singapore to the Consulate-General in Johor Bahru in December 2015.

They are part of the 3,959 individuals in 19 award categories who received honours which recognises various form of merit and service to Singapore.

THE PUBLIC SERVICE STAR [BINTANG BAKTI MASYARAKAT]

Mr Sarjit Singh s/o Fujah Singh, PBM, Vice-Chairman, Bukit Merah CCMC

THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MEDAL (SILVER) [PINGAT PENTADBIRAN AWAM (PERAK)]

Ms Jasvender Kaur d/o Saudagar Singh, District Judge, Criminal Justice Division State Courts

THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MEDAL (BRONZE) [PINGAT PENTADBIRAN AWAM (GANGSA)]

Mr Rajpal Singh s/o Santokh Singh, Consul-General Singapore Consulate-General in Johor Bahru Ministry of Foreign Affairs

THE COMMENDATION MEDAL [PINGAT KEPUJIAN]

Mr Savinder Singh Dhillon, Head of Department Si Ling Sec Sch, Ministry of Education

Mr Surjeet Singh, Administration Manager Bukit Batok Sec Sch, Ministry of Education

Ms Satwinder Kaur d/o K Singh, Senior Assistant Director Corporate Communications, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Ministry of Transport

THE PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL [PINGAT BAKTI MASYARAKAT]

Mr Sukhmindar Singh, Member, Potong Pasir CCC

Mr Inderjit Singh Dhaliwal, Member, Nanyang Technological University Board of Trustees, Ministry of Education

THE EFFICIENCY MEDAL [PINGAT BERKEBOLEHAN]

Mdm Balvinder Kour, Management Support Officer Professional & Adult Continuing Education Academy, Singapore Polytechnic

Ms Jasbir Kaur d/o Harban Singh, Defence Executive Officer SAF Personnel Hub (West), Ministry of Defence

Ms Surinder Kaur Basra, Retail Executive NHG Pharmacy National Healthcare Group

THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL (PINGAT BAKTI SETIA)

Ms Nirmaljit Kaur d/o Shiv Singh, Defence Executive Officer Ministry of Defence

Mdm Karamjit Kaur, Senior Teacher Bendemeer Sec Sch, Ministry of Education

Mr Gulzar Gurdev Singh Sandhu, Teacher Gan Eng Seng Sch, Ministry of Education

Ms Surjeet Kaur d/o Shamsher Singh, Teacher St Joseph’s Institution, Ministry of Education

Miss Balbir Kaur d/o Katar Singh, Management Assistant Officer NUS Libraries, National University of Singapore

Ms Lkhvinder Kaur, Health Advisor National Skin Centre National Healthcare Group

Ms Amarjit Kaur d/o Pritam Singh, Senior Customer Service Associate, National University Hospital, National University Health System

Ms Dalbiro d/o Jassa Singh, Senior Staff Nurse, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Singapore Health Services

Ms Balbir Kour d/o Surat Singh, Senior Associate Executive, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Health Services

Mr Awtar Singh Brar s/o Amrik Singh, Chief Warder (2), Cluster A, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Dave Singh Calais, Superintendent (1) Cluster B, Singapore Prison Service Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Jetendra s/o Dharam Pal Singh, Inspector of Police (1) Airport Police Division Singapore Police Force Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Avtar Singh Dhillon, Assistant Superintendent of Police (1) Clementi Division, Singapore Police Force, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Sushminder Singh s/o Endar Singh, Rehabilitation Officer (1) Cluster A, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Terence Singh s/o J Devinder Singh, Sergeant, Cluster C, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Surender Singh s/o Jagdish Singh, Staff Sergeant, Cluster B, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Miss Ranjit Kaur d/o Jagtar Singh, Staff Sergeant, Coastal Command, ICC (Sea) Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Jogindar Singh s/o Naranyat Singh, Staff Sergeant, Cluster C, Singapore Prison Service Ministry of Home Affairs

Mdm Pajang Kaur, Staff Sergeant, Ports Command, ICC (Sea) Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Gurmukh Singh s/o Rajan Singh, Staff Sergeant, Cluster A, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Amarjeet Singh s/o Sarjit Singh, Assistant Superintendent of Police (1) Tanglin Division, Singapore Police Force, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Daljit Singh s/o B Gurbachan Singh, Chief Warder (1), Community Corrections Command Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL (MILITARY) [PINGAT BAKTI SETIA (TENTERA)]

MWO Sanjee Singh s/o Saraina, PB, Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence

1WO Jagdeep Singh s/o Gurdial Singh, Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence

ME3 Harjit Singh s/o Santa Singh, PB, Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence

ME2 Karamjit Singh s/o Mehinder Singh, Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence

Source-AsiaSamachar

More than three dozen Sikhs received various medals for the Singapore National Day Awards 2016.

There are 22 men and 15 women Sikhs who made the cut this time around.

Among the women on the list are District Judge Jasvender Kaur and Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Senior Assistant Director Corporate Communications Satwinder Kaur.

Also on the list are Bukit Merah CCMC Vice-Chairman Sarjit Singh and former parliamentarian Inderjit Singh, who is a member of the Nanyang Technological University Board of Trustees.

Also listed is Rajpal Singh, who was appointed as Consul-General Singapore to the Consulate-General in Johor Bahru in December 2015.

They are part of the 3,959 individuals in 19 award categories who received honours which recognises various form of merit and service to Singapore.

THE PUBLIC SERVICE STAR [BINTANG BAKTI MASYARAKAT]

Mr Sarjit Singh s/o Fujah Singh, PBM, Vice-Chairman, Bukit Merah CCMC

THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MEDAL (SILVER) [PINGAT PENTADBIRAN AWAM (PERAK)]

Ms Jasvender Kaur d/o Saudagar Singh, District Judge, Criminal Justice Division State Courts

THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MEDAL (BRONZE) [PINGAT PENTADBIRAN AWAM (GANGSA)]

Mr Rajpal Singh s/o Santokh Singh, Consul-General Singapore Consulate-General in Johor Bahru Ministry of Foreign Affairs

THE COMMENDATION MEDAL [PINGAT KEPUJIAN]

Mr Savinder Singh Dhillon, Head of Department Si Ling Sec Sch, Ministry of Education

Mr Surjeet Singh, Administration Manager Bukit Batok Sec Sch, Ministry of Education

Ms Satwinder Kaur d/o K Singh, Senior Assistant Director Corporate Communications, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Ministry of Transport

THE PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL [PINGAT BAKTI MASYARAKAT]

Mr Sukhmindar Singh, Member, Potong Pasir CCC

Mr Inderjit Singh Dhaliwal, Member, Nanyang Technological University Board of Trustees, Ministry of Education

THE EFFICIENCY MEDAL [PINGAT BERKEBOLEHAN]

Mdm Balvinder Kour, Management Support Officer Professional & Adult Continuing Education Academy, Singapore Polytechnic

Ms Jasbir Kaur d/o Harban Singh, Defence Executive Officer SAF Personnel Hub (West), Ministry of Defence

Ms Surinder Kaur Basra, Retail Executive NHG Pharmacy National Healthcare Group

THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL (PINGAT BAKTI SETIA)

Ms Nirmaljit Kaur d/o Shiv Singh, Defence Executive Officer Ministry of Defence

Mdm Karamjit Kaur, Senior Teacher Bendemeer Sec Sch, Ministry of Education

Mr Gulzar Gurdev Singh Sandhu, Teacher Gan Eng Seng Sch, Ministry of Education

Ms Surjeet Kaur d/o Shamsher Singh, Teacher St Joseph’s Institution, Ministry of Education

Miss Balbir Kaur d/o Katar Singh, Management Assistant Officer NUS Libraries, National University of Singapore

Ms Lkhvinder Kaur, Health Advisor National Skin Centre National Healthcare Group

Ms Amarjit Kaur d/o Pritam Singh, Senior Customer Service Associate, National University Hospital, National University Health System

Ms Dalbiro d/o Jassa Singh, Senior Staff Nurse, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Singapore Health Services

Ms Balbir Kour d/o Surat Singh, Senior Associate Executive, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Health Services

Mr Awtar Singh Brar s/o Amrik Singh, Chief Warder (2), Cluster A, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Dave Singh Calais, Superintendent (1) Cluster B, Singapore Prison Service Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Jetendra s/o Dharam Pal Singh, Inspector of Police (1) Airport Police Division Singapore Police Force Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Avtar Singh Dhillon, Assistant Superintendent of Police (1) Clementi Division, Singapore Police Force, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Sushminder Singh s/o Endar Singh, Rehabilitation Officer (1) Cluster A, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Terence Singh s/o J Devinder Singh, Sergeant, Cluster C, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Surender Singh s/o Jagdish Singh, Staff Sergeant, Cluster B, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Miss Ranjit Kaur d/o Jagtar Singh, Staff Sergeant, Coastal Command, ICC (Sea) Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Jogindar Singh s/o Naranyat Singh, Staff Sergeant, Cluster C, Singapore Prison Service Ministry of Home Affairs

Mdm Pajang Kaur, Staff Sergeant, Ports Command, ICC (Sea) Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Gurmukh Singh s/o Rajan Singh, Staff Sergeant, Cluster A, Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Amarjeet Singh s/o Sarjit Singh, Assistant Superintendent of Police (1) Tanglin Division, Singapore Police Force, Ministry of Home Affairs

Mr Daljit Singh s/o B Gurbachan Singh, Chief Warder (1), Community Corrections Command Singapore Prison Service, Ministry of Home Affairs

THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL (MILITARY) [PINGAT BAKTI SETIA (TENTERA)]

MWO Sanjee Singh s/o Saraina, PB, Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence

1WO Jagdeep Singh s/o Gurdial Singh, Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence

ME3 Harjit Singh s/o Santa Singh, PB, Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence

ME2 Karamjit Singh s/o Mehinder Singh, Singapore Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence

Source-AsiaSamachar