Veteran
athlete Ajit Singh Kalirai was among a number of Sikhs who were
named in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Ajit Singh was awarded an MBE
for services to athletics, earlier this year he
won a hat-trick of gold medals at the
British Veterans Athletics Federation
Indoor Championships for the second year running. The
73-year-old
currently holds six British records.
Others in the list included:
MBE
Bachan Singh Bhalla, services
to community relations in Cambridgeshire
Charanjit Garcha, services to Bilingual Learners Support Service,
Southampton, Hampshire.
Sarjit Sangha, co-ordinator, Gravesend Town Centre Initiative,
services to the community.
Mohan Sokhal, JP, bus operator/driver, services to bus industry and
community in Huddersfield.
OBE
Mohinder Mahi, Grade 7,
Oftel, Department of Trade and Industry
CBE
Professor Rajinder Bhopal, Edinburgh
University, services to public health medicine.