Shining Lights Of Sikh Community From Across The World To Be Recognised At Awards Ceremony

Online, September 25, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Special contributions and accomplishments Sikhs have made in the fields of business, education, charity, health, sports and media will be recognised at the awards ceremony to be held at The Hilton Hotel, London on Sunday 9 October 2011.

"I am very pleased to be associated with the awards," says Rabinder Singh, who will be the first person of Indian decent to be appointed as a Justice of the High Court who is a judge on the awards panel. "We will be recognising the achievements of Sikhs all over the world from a wide range of activites."

Winners at the first Sikh Awards in 2010 including Dr Kartar Singh Larvani, founder of Vitabiotics and Satnam Singh Dhillon, member of the England polo team.

The awards are the brainchild of Navdeep Singh Bansal, director of the Sikh Directory media organisation. "The Sikh community received a lot of positive attention during the recent riots in London and other large cities. In a profound interfaith act, the Sikh community proactively helped people and local authorities in many ways, including protecting all places of worship and businesses regardless of which faith they belonged to.," says Bansal. "The Sikh Awards 2011 will highlight all that is good within the Sikh community and is being supported by many well known sponsors including ABN Amro Bank N.V. and Jaguar. We look forward to welcoming guests from Dubai, USA, Hong Kong, Africa and India."

Tickets and further information regarding The Sikh Awards 2011 is available via www.sikhawards.com.

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Notes to Editor:
• Navdeep Singh Bansal is available for comment and interview. Please telephone +44 (0)800 856 9652 or email [email protected]
• A list of Winners will soon be available now upon request however this list will be embargoed until 0001, Monday 10 October 2011.
• Winners of the Sikh Awards will be available for media interviews both at the Awards following the announcement of the results and throughout Monday 10 October 2011
• Further information about the Sikh Awards, including biogs and details of all nominees and judges, is available at www.sikhawards.com

Some interesting facts about Sikhs
• The first recorded Sikh settler in Britain was Maharajah Duleep Singh. Duleep Singh was the last ruler of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab. For more information on Sikh history in Britain, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/history/britishsikhism.shtml
• Sikh population in the UK. The Sikh Community makes up 0.6 per cent of the total population - and 11 per cent of the non-Christian religious population. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_diaspora
• Sikhs mean 'learners' and they are the youngest of the world religions
• Sikhs are the world record holder of blood donations in a single day.
• Sikh Gurdwaras (Temples) are open to everyone regardless of color, race, caste, creed, gender and religion. Free blessed vegetarian food (Langar) is served to everyone on a daily basis.
• Winston Churchill once said 'British people are highly indebted and obliged to Sikhs for a long time.' The full quotes are here http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?/topic/55866-inspirational-quotes-on-sikhi/