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Bajwa
Bajwa ( pa, ਬਾਜਵਾ ; ) is a Jat surname and tribe name commonly found among the Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims of the Punjab region in India and Pakistan. Notable people bearing the Bajwa name, who may or may not be affiliated with the clan, include: *Arjan Bajwa (born 1979), Indian actor and model *Asif Bajwa (born 1969), Pakistani field hockey player *Asim Saleem Bajwa, Pakistani former military officer *Charanjit Kaur Bajwa (born 1959), Indian politician *Dean Bajwa (born 1983), Pakistani lawyer and enreprenuer *Javed Ashraf Bajwa, Pakistani military officer *Jugpreet Singh Bajwa (born 1994), Indo-Canadian singer *Neeru Bajwa (born 1982), Indo-Canadian actress *Poonam Bajwa, Indian actress *Pratap Singh Bajwa (born 1957), Indian politician *Qamar Javed Bajwa (born 1960), Pakistani military officer *Rupa Bajwa (born 1976), Indian writer *Sonam Bajwa (born 1989), Indian model and actress * Surinder Singh Bajwa (–2007), Indian politician *Tariq Bajwa, Pakistani civil ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qamar Javed Bajwa
General Qamar Javed Bajwa ( ur, ; born 11 November 1960) is a retired Pakistani army general who served as the tenth Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan from 29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022. In 2018 he was ranked 68th in the ''Forbes'' list of the World's Most Powerful People. Originally from Gakhar Mandi, Gen Bajwa was born into a Punjabi Jat family of Bajwa clan in Karachi Bajwa was educated at the F.G. Sir Syed College and Gordon College in Rawalpindi before joining the Pakistan Military Academy in 1978. Bajwa was commissioned in 1980 in the 16th Battalion of the Baloch Regiment. Prior to his appointment as the Chief of Army Staff, he served at the General Headquarters as the Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation from September 2015 to November 2016 and as field commander of the X Corps from August 2013 to September 2015 which is responsible for the area along the Line of Control in Kashmir. In addition, he served as a Brigadier in the UN m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asim Saleem Bajwa
Asim Saleem Bajwa (Urdu, Punjabi: ) is a retired Pakistani three-star general who served as the chairman of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority from November 2019 to August 2021 and the special assistant to then Prime Minister Imran Khan on the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from 28 April 2020 to 12 October 2020. On 11 December 2016, Bajwa was appointed as Inspector General Arms at GHQ, where he served until his appointment to the position of Commander Southern Command and XII Corps in September 2017. Previously, he also served as Director General of the ISPR from 2012 to 2016. Education and background Asim Saleem Bajwa was born in Saqibabad, Punjab. He belongs to the Bajwa sub clan of the Jatt tribe. He was commissioned in the 34th Punjab Regiment in 1984 after being passed out from the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul. He graduated from the Command and Staff College in Quetta, as well as the National Defence University in Islamabad, followed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neeru Bajwa
Neeru Bajwa (born 26 August 1975) is a Canadian actress, director and producer who has mainly worked in Punjabi and Hindi films. She started her career in 1998 with Dev Anand's Bollywood film '' Main Solah Baras Ki'' and then moved on to working in Hindi soap operas and Punjabi-language films. Career Bajwa started her career in Indian soap operas in 2005 with ''Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi'' on DD1 before moving on to '' Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani'' on Zee TV followed by '' Jeet'' on Star Plus and then ''Guns and Roses'' on STAR One. In January 2013, Bajwa appeared in the multi-starer Punjabi film ''Saadi Love Story'', produced by Jimmy Sheirgill productions, directed by Dheeraj Rattan and starring Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, and Surveen Chawla. She paired up opposite Diljit Dosanjh again in the film ''Jatt and Juliet 2'' which broke all the previous opening day collection records for Punjabi cinema. In August 2013, her film, '' Naughty Jatts'' was released in which she featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arjan Bajwa
Arjan Bajwa (born 3 September 1979) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi and Telugu films. He is credited as Deepak in Telugu films where he started his career. He made a breakthrough in Bollywood with the critically acclaimed 2007 film ''Guru'' after debuting in the 2004 Hindi film '' Woh Tera Naam Tha''. He played the male lead in 2008 film ''Fashion'' for which he received the Stardust Award for Breakthrough Performance. Early life Bajwa was born on 3 September 1979 in Delhi into a Punjabi Jat Sikh family. His father Swinderjeet Singh Bajwa was a former deputy Mayor of Delhi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Bajwa holds a degree in architecture from Delhi and is a black belt in Taekwondo. Before entering films Bajwa was a successful model having walked the ramp for several big fashion designers. His breakthrough on television started off with several commercials for brands like Lux, Veet, Fiat Palio, Godrej AC etc. These advertisements featured him alongside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonam Bajwa
Sonampreet Bajwa (born 16 August 1989) is an Indian model and actress who predominantly appears in Punjabi language films. In addition to few Tamil and Telugu films. She participated in the Femina Miss India contest in 2012. Sonam Bajwa started her acting career in 2013 with the Punjabi film '' Best Of Luck''. She played the leading female role in the 2014 film ''Punjab 1984''. She won the PTC Punjabi Film Awards for Best Actress in 2020 for '' Ardab Mutiyaran''. Early life and career Bajwa was born on 16 August 1989 in Nainital and is a Punjabi. She studied at Delhi University. She moved to Mumbai in 2012, she participated in the Femina Miss India contest. She became an air hostess and pursued a career in acting. She debuted with the Punjabi film '' Best Of Luck'' (2013) and played the female lead in period drama ''Punjab 1984'' (2014). She has also appeared in Tamil romantic comedy ''Kappal'' in 2014. She was nominated for the PTC Punjabi Film Awards for Best Actress aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poonam Bajwa
Poonam Bajwa is an Indian actress and model who appears in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2005 with the Telugu film '' Modati Cinema'', after that she was featured in more Telugu film, such as ''Boss'' (2006). Her debut Tamil movie was ''Seval'' (2008). Early life and education A Punjabi by birth, she was born in Bombay to Amarjit Singh Bajwa, a Naval Officer and Jayalakshmi Bajwa. She has a younger sister, Deepika Bajwa. She was crowned Miss Pune in 2005, after which she started modeling part-time while studying. When she went to Hyderabad for a ramp show, the director of ''Modati Cinema'' spotted her and asked her if she was interested in films. She had finished her 12th then and had a five-month gap before college and hence agreed to star in his film, despite excelling in academics. She pursued a Academic degree, degree in English Literature from Symbiosis International University, Pune. Personal life In October 2020 Bajwa took to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupa Bajwa
Rupa Bajwa is an Indian writer who lives and works in Amritsar, Punjab as well as spending time in various other Indian cities and towns. She is a recipient of the Grinzane Cavour Prize, the Commonwealth Award, and India's Sahitya Akademi Award. Novels In 2004, she published her first novel, ''The Sari Shop'', which explores her hometown and the class dynamics of India. The novel won the writer flattering reviews, with reviewers calling her India's new literary find. ''The Sari Shop'' was long listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2004. The novel won the XXIV Grinzane Cavour Prize for best first novel in June 2005, the Commonwealth Award in 2005 and India's Sahitya Akademi Award English 2006. ''The Sari Shop'' has been translated in several languages, among them: French ('' Le vendeur de saris''), Dutch (''De Sariwinkel'') and Serbian (''Prodavnica sarija'') andItalian. Rupa Bajwa's second novel, ''Tell Me a Story'', was released in April 2012. It was met with extreme re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jugpreet Singh Bajwa
Jugpreet Singh Bajwa (Punjabi: ਜਗਪਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਜਵਾ) is an Indo-Canadian Classical, Folk and Rock singer, who can sing in several languages – including English, French, Hindi & Punjabi. He has won many National and International Awards, and is known for his versatile performances in 'Bollywood Ek Tara Competition' (Vancouver, 2008) and 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' (Mumbai, 2016) – Actor Salman Khan praised Jugpreet's performance. Jugpreet also won the RED FM Idol 2010 Award. He was Runners-up in Canadian Desi Idol at Toronto in 2009, and in BC Junior Talent Competition. ‘Darpan’ magazine included Jugpreet amongst the ‘Newsmakers of 2016’. ‘Mid-Day’ newspaper wrote that Jugpreet Singh Bajwa lost his eyesight from retinoblastoma eye cancer when he was just six months old. Jugpreet started singing on stage, and raised funds for various Charitable Societies & Trusts, e.g.: Sawan Mela, VIBC, Ismaili Walk A Thon, Surrey Fusion Festival, Festival of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratap Singh Bajwa
Partap Singh Bajwa is an Indian politician having served as a member of the Lok Sabha representing Gurdaspur in Punjab from 2009 to 2014. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Punjab. Early life He is the son of Satnam Singh Bajwa who was a three-time Member of Legislative Assembly Punjab and Minister in the government of Punjab. He completed his schooling at Punjab Public School, Nabha. He started his career in politics as a student leader in 1976 became President of Youth Congress in 1982 and rose to the President of State Congress. He has served as a minister under chief ministers Beant Singh, Rajinder Kaur Bhathal, and Amarinder Singh. Partap Singh Bajwa is Rajya Sabha member since 10 April 2016. Career He started his career in politics as a student leader in 1976 from DAV College, Chandigarh, became President of District Youth Congress Gurdaspur then Vice President of Youth Congress in 1980, President of Youth Congress in 1982, and rose to the President o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javed Ashraf Bajwa
Brigadier Javed Ashraf Bajwa ( pa, جاوید اشرف باجوا; ur, جاوید اشرف باجوہ) is a retired Pakistan Army engineer officer. Brigadier Javed Ashraf Bajwa was Commander of Frontier Works Organisation (FWO). Bajwa was awarded with Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Civil) in 2007. Brigadier Javed Ashraf Bajwa was commander of Pakistan Engineers Battalion in East Timor in 2002. As a civil engineer by profession, Bajwa has been associated with Pakistan's war-front and affected areas where he also led Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers to reconstruct and rehabilitate the towns and cities. Since his retirement, he has been associated with the reconstruction of Sukkur Barrage, where he has closely work with Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers and the civil contractors. Currently he is working in the construction of a new phase in Defence Housing Authority Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asif Bajwa
Asif Muhammad Bajwa OLY ( ur, ) (born 8 March 1969) is a former field hockey player who played for Pakistan from 1992 to 1996. He later became the team's manager and chief coach. As of 2022, he is the secretary general of Pakistan Hockey Federation. Career Asif started his career against Spain in 1991. Bajwa was a member of Pakistan's World Cup-winning hockey team in 1994, and played 74 international matches and scored 25 goals in his career. Bajwa assisted Kamran Ashraf in scoring the only goal of 1994 Hockey World Cup Final with an accurate cross from the right. He was a part of the bronze-winning Pakistan team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In 1995, Asif Bajwa received a Pride of Performance Award from the Government of Pakistan. In 2008, he became the secretary general of the Pakistan Hockey Federation, a role he has served in intermittently since then. On May 7, 2017 Asif Bajwa officially joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to contest in 2018 ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charanjit Kaur Bajwa
Charanjit Kaur Bajwa is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. She was Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represented Qadian. She is the wife of the former Punjab Pradesh Congress committee president and Ex Member of the Lok Sabha from Gurdaspur Pratap Singh Bajwa (now a Rajyasabha MP). Political career Bajwa was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2012 from Qadian. She was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India (IAST: ) is the supreme judicial authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court, has the final decision in all legal matters e ... ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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