LONDON: Manjit Singh, a British citizen has broken the world record for pulling a double-decker bus with his hair. He is the first Sikh to get the disctiction in his category.

YUBA CITY: Kashmir Singh Gill, now known as Kash Gill, a migrant from Punjab has become the first Punjabi-American to occupy the seat of Mayor of Yuba city in California, USA. He is relative of Didar Singh Bains, one of the richest Punjabi in USA.

LONDON: Harpreet Kaur is the first Sikh woman to join the British Army through the award-winning British Army - Gurdwara project.

NEW YORK: Sapreet Kaur has become the first woman to occupy the post of the new Executive Director of the Sikh Coalition.  Sapreet Kaur was most recently the managing director of human assets strategy for Teach for America, a national non-profit which focuses on eliminating educational inequity. 

TEXAS: Arpinder Kaur, 28, of San Antonio, Texas has become the first turbaned pilot hired by a commercial airline in the United States. As a Sikh woman, she has helped pave the way for both Sikh men and women who wear a dastaar/turban to fulfill their passion for flying.

JALANDHAR: It seems to be all in the family as Paramvir Kaur Sangha (22) has become the first Punjabi woman in the USA to wrest the position of Deputy Sheriff of Bakersfield in the USA where, her uncle Tarlochan Sohal was already a Sheriff and her brother Harnek a Jail Superintendent in Calfornia state of the USA.

Justice Anup Singh Choudry was on May 2, 2008 sworn in as the first Sikh High Court judge in Uganda at the swearing in ceremony that took place at the State House Entebbe before the President of Uganda, His Excellency Yoweri Museweni and before the Chief Justice of Uganda Bejamin Odoki.

WINDSOR (Canada): The city's first Sikh cop was sworn his oaths for the Windsor Police Service on December 13,2007. An Indian immigrant, 32-year-old Surjeet Singh Gill was one of 10 new constables who officially joined the force in a ceremony at the Ontario Court of Justice building.

LAHORE: Harcharan Singh, 19, of the Nankana Sahib, is the first Pakistani Sikh in the country’s 58-year history who has been commissioned in the Pakistan Army as an officer.

WELLINGTON: Former New Delhi businessman Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi has become first Sikh to be member of the New Zealand parliament which has a record number of six Asian members.