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 Master Tara Singh was born on 24 June 1885 in the village Harial in Rawalpindi District, now in Pakistan. His childhood name was Nanak Chand and his father’s name was Bakshi Gopi Chand, who by caste was a Malhotra, and a Hindu. His father was the village patwari, and his mother was Mullan Devi, a very pious lady.
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In 1974 Davis Cup, India played Australia in the semifinal in India. The Indian line-up was Vijay Amrithraj, Jasjit Singh and Anand Amritraj, with Vijay and Jasjit playing singles while Vijay teamed up later with Anand and the Sikh against Austrialia's Bob Gillitman. |
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 Baba Banda Singh Bahadur is revered as one of Sikhism's greatest warriors as well as one of its most hallowed martyrs and was the first sikh king. His confronation with the Mughal administration in Northern India, though brief, was strong enough to shake its foundations.
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 Fauja Singh is a stud. The man is 94 and he just finished yet another marathon, this time in Edinburgh. There he led a team (named “Sikhs in the City”) of five Sikh runners with a combined age of 397 years between them. Said Fauja Singh "I hope we will inspire young people to keep going and older people never to give up"
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To the late Brigadier Dalip Singh goes the credit of being the first Sikh to represent India in the Olympics. The 1924 Olympic Games were held in Paris in which India sent a contingent of seven athletes. In this seven-man squad, two Sikhs, Dalip and Palam made their debut. |
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 Mudhsuden Singh Panesar (born April 25, 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire), popularly known as Monty Panesar, is an English cricketer and first Sikh who played in England's national cricket team.
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 born US citizen Ranbir Kaur is first Sikh girl to join the US army when she was 17 years old.She is 20 no.
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Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, who represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the processes of negotiations that resulted in the independence of India, as well as the Partition of India in 1947.
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 Lieut-General Joginder Jaswant Singh (55) is the first Sikh officer to become the Chief of the Indian Army Staff on Februart 1st 2004.
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