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List Of British Punjabis
{{unreferenced, date=October 2018 This is a list of prominent Punjabi people from the United Kingdom who may follow a variety of beliefs including Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity or atheism. Academia and education * Harminder Dua – discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye named the "dua's layer". * Humayon Dar – director general of Islamic Research & Training Institute (IRTI) * Jagjit Chadha – professor and chair in Money and Banking in the Department of Economics at the University of Kent * Kalwant Bhopal – Professor of Education and Social Justice and Deputy Director of the Centre for Research in Race & Education at the University of Birmingham * Max Arthur Macauliffe (1841–1913) – senior administrator of the British Raj who was posted in the Punjab; prolific scholar and author; converted to Sikhism in the 1860s * Peter Bance – historian, author and Maharaja Duleep Singh archivist * Simon Singh – mathematician and author * Sukhb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjabi People
The Punjabis ( Punjabi: ; ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ; romanised as Panjābīs), are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. They generally speak Standard Punjabi or various Punjabi dialects on both sides. The ethnonym is derived from the term ''Punjab'' (Five rivers) in Persian to describe the geographic region of the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, where five rivers Beas, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, and Sutlej merge into the Indus River, in addition of the now-vanished Ghaggar. The coalescence of the various tribes, castes and the inhabitants of the Punjab region into a broader common "Punjabi" identity initiated from the onset of the 18th century CE. Historically, the Punjabi people were a heterogeneous group and were subdivided into a number of clans called '' biradari'' (literally meaning "brotherhood") or ''tribes'', with each person bound to a cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experimental Physics
Experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in the field of physics that are concerned with the observation of physical phenomena and experiments. Methods vary from discipline to discipline, from simple experiments and observations, such as Galileo's experiments, to more complicated ones, such as the Large Hadron Collider. Overview Experimental physics encompasses all the disciplines of physics that are concerned with data acquisition, data-acquisition methods, and the detailed conceptualization (beyond simple thought experiments) and realization of laboratory experiments. It is often contrasted with theoretical physics, which is more concerned with predicting and explaining the physical behaviour of nature than the acquisition of empirical data. Although experimental and theoretical physics are concerned with different aspects of nature, they both share the same goal of understanding it and have a symbiotic relationship. The former provides data a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana, Princess Of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour made her an international icon, and earned her enduring popularity, as well as almost unprecedented public scrutiny. Diana was born into the British nobility, and grew up close to the royal family on their Sandringham estate. In 1981, while working as a nursery teacher's assistant, she became engaged to the Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. Their wedding took place at St Paul's Cathedral in 1981 and made her Princess of Wales, a role in which she was enthusiastically received by the public. The couple had two sons, William and Harry, who were then second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. Diana's marriage to Charles suffered due to their incompatibility and extramarital af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasnat Khan
Hasnat Ahmad Khan ( ur, حسنات احمد خان; born 1 April 1958) is a British-Pakistani heart and lung surgeon. He is widely known for his romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, from 1995 to 1997. Early life and education Khan was born on 1 April 1958 in Jhelum, a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan, in a Mohmand Pashtun family.Timur Moon"Di’s doctor finds a doctor in Lahore", ''The Telegraph'', Calcutta, 19 May 2003, Retrieved 25 August 2008. He is the eldest of four children. His father, Rashid Khan, a graduate of the London School of Economics, ran a glass factory. Hasnat Khan is a distant cousin of Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan. Career Until 1991 he worked in Sydney, Australia and then began to work in London. He served at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London from 1995 to 1996, then he began to work at the London Chest Hospital. In 2000, he worked at St Bart's hospital, after which he served at Harefield Hospital. In November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulu Lalvani
Gulu is a city in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the commercial and administrative centre of Gulu District. The coordinates of the city of Gulu are 2°46'54.0"N 32°17'57.0"E. The distance from Gulu to Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, is approximately by road. Gulu is served by Gulu Airport. History During the British Bagool rule in the 18th and 19th centuries, northern Uganda was less developed compared to the rest of the country. The people were conscripted into the army and the police. Many were sent to fight in the first and second World Wars. In the 1960s, many Sudanese, Rwandese, and Congolese refugees settled in the city. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) under the leadership of Joseph Kony sprang up in the 1990s after Auma/Lakwena went to Kenya. The LRA became increasingly violent in Gulu and surrounding communities. Up to 15,000 children, known as "night commuters", were fleeing into the city for safety every evening. In 1996, the Ugandan government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dabinderjit Singh
Dabinderjit Singh Sidhu ( Punjabi: ਦਬਿੰਦਰਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਿੱਧੂ) was a Director at the National Audit Office (United Kingdom) who retired early in May 2022 after more than 33 years. He is an internationally known and well respected Sikh activist and spokesman for Sikh rights and interests. He was awarded an OBE in 2000 for his work on equal opportunities. Protection of Sikh rights and interests Singh has acted as a spokesman for the Sikh Secretariat, formed in 2001, and has been the Principal Adviser of the Sikh Federation (UK), a non-governmental organisation formed in September 2003 to encourage Sikhs to participate in mainstream politics and to protect the rights and promote the interests of the hundreds of thousands of Sikh residents in the UK. Singh was associated with the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) although never a member as he wore a jacket with a small ISYF emblem at his investiture at Buckingham Palace in December 2000. The ISYF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Pervez
Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez OBE, HPk ( ur, سر انور پرویز; born 15 March 1935) is a Pakistani-born British billionaire businessman and former bus conductor and driver. He is the founder and chairman of Bestway Group. According to the ''Sunday Times Rich List'', in 2020 Anwar Pervez's net worth was £3.1 billion (US$3.75 billion); which made him the richest Pakistan-born Briton in the UK. The 2021 list gave his family's assets as £1.364 billion, placing them 125th on the list. Early life Mohammed Anwar Pervez was born on 15 March 1935 to a subsistence farming family in Rawalpindi. He did his matriculation in Pakistan. He studied at Forman Christian College. In 1956, he moved to the UK at the age of 21. Career His first job was as a telephone operator in the state-owned telecommunication company PTCL. There he used to work for a month and most of them were spent on anti-malaria medications. In 1956, he emigrated to England. There he became a bus conductor and driver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, which is owned by News Corp. Times Newspapers also publishes ''The Times''. The two papers were founded independently and have been under common ownership since 1966. They were bought by News International in 1981. ''The Sunday Times'' has a circulation of just over 650,000, which exceeds that of its main rivals, including ''The'' ''Sunday Telegraph'' and ''The'' ''Observer'', combined. While some other national newspapers moved to a tabloid format in the early 2000s, ''The Sunday Times'' has retained the larger broadsheet format and has said that it would continue to do so. As of December 2019, it sells 75% more copies than its sister paper, ''The Times'', which is published from Monday to Saturday. The paper publishes ''The Sunday Times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aneel Mussarat
Aneel Mussarat is a British businessman, philanthropist and founder of MCR Property Group. Born and raised in Manchester, Aneel began building a career in real estate shortly after leaving school. He founded MCR Property Group in 1989 and turned it into one of the country's best known developers with a track record of creating in excess of £5bn worth of residential and commercial projects. The Manchester-based company creates thousands of homes annually and currently employs 325 full-time employees. The group's combined holdings place it amongst the largest property groups in the North West along with Peel Holdings and Bruntwood. In 2017 Aneel founded the Rafay Mussarat Foundation — named after his son, Rafay, and his late father — with a mission to tackle homelessness and provide vital healthcare and education to those trapped by poverty. The foundation operates in the UK, as well as in Pakistan. His work in Bangladesh led to an invitation to speak before the European parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emran Mian
Emran Mian (born 1978), who writes under the pen name Kamran Nazeer, is a British Pakistani author and civil servant. Life and career Nazeer was born as Emran Mian in Glasgow, and was diagnosed with autism spectrum, autism at the age of four. He studied law in Glasgow, but after deciding not to become a lawyer, he then went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge for his PhD and finally joined the British civil service as a policy adviser in Whitehall. He now lives in London with his French wife. He is currently director-general of regeneration in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. His first book, ''Send In the Idiots: Stories From the Other Side of Autism'', was published in March 2006 under his penname. He is also a frequent contributor to ''Prospect (magazine), Prospect'' magazine. Awards and nominations Mian was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunrise Radio Group
Sunrise Radio Group Limited was a UK radio broadcaster (chairman Avtar Lit), and ran Sunrise Radio. The company also used to own London Media Company Limited. In January 2014, Sunrise Radio Limited, owners of Sunrise Radio 1, Sunrise Radio 3, Time 107.5 and Tristar 96.6, fell into administration, and were acquired for an estimated £2m on 4 February 2014. Stations The company owned and managed the following radio stations: *Sunrise Radio * Asia Broadcasting Corporation (Sri Lanka) - Hiru fm, Sha fm, Sun fm, Gold fm, Sooriyan fm. It also owned 33% of Sunrise Radio Yorkshire Former stations * Punjabi Radio * Yarr Radio * South London Radio 107.3 * Time 106.8 These ceased broadcasting after they were sold on 22 February 2009, but the new buyer could not afford to run the stations. The stations that were sold are: * Time 106.6 *Time 107.5 *Kismat Radio Sunrise also formerly owned 65% of Radio Plymouth, but this was sold in March 2013. 107.3 Radio Exe was also owned by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avtar Lit
Avtar Singh Lit (born 1950) is the owner and chairman of Sunrise Radio Group, He is listed by AIM magazine as one of the "20 most powerful British Asian, Asians in British media" in 2005, and is said to have amassed a big personal fortune. He was declared bankrupt by the High Court in 2014, having lost five companies which went into administration. Political ambitions Avtar Lit stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Ealing Southall (UK Parliament constituency), Ealing Southall Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliamentary constituency in the 2001 United Kingdom general election, 2001 General Election. Sunrise Radio carried extracts from an interview with him in advance of this, contrary to section 90(2)(b) of the Broadcasting Act 1990; the Radio Authority (now Ofcom) fined Sunrise Radio £10,000. Avtar Lit's son, Surinderpal Singh Lit, commonly known as Tony Lit, stood, also unsuccessfully, as a candidate in the 2007 Ealing Southall by-election as the Conservative Party (UK) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
