Gold Medal Recipients

Gold Medal Recipients

Businessmen

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* Inder Singh Gill, an industrialist

* SS Gupta, a businessman in Mbarara

* Makhan Singh, the lion hunter and a pioneer Asian in Mbarara for his services to the government as a transporter

* Prelhad Singh Grewal, a saw miller whose timber was used to build towns in Uganda

* Daljit Singh Mangat, a wholesale businessman and long haul transporter

* Bakshish Singh Atwal – Atwal Road Gulu – a pioneer businessman in Gulu

* Hazara Singh, a pioneer businessman in Kabale

Politicians

* Gurdial Singh, an advocate, a think tank of the UPC and Uganda’s former high commissioner to India

* Pritam Singh, former mayor of Mbale

* Parminder Singh Katongole, the first Sikh MP albeit for short period

Civil Servants

* TS Chowdhary, former senior superintendent of works with the ministry of works,

recipient of Uganda’s independence medal and recipient of Uganda’s 50 years’ Independence Gold medal for his services to the country

* Kishan Singh Basson, superintendent of works with the ministry of works and recipient of British Empire Medal for his services to Uganda

* Gurbachan Singh Sandhu, a senior accountant with the Ministry of Works

* Gurbachan Singh, former deputy auditor general of Uganda

Judiciary

* Joginder Singh Mangat, a former civil servant and registrar and chief cashier of High Court Uganda

Doctors

* Dr Barkat Singh Bakshi of Mbarara, and one of the oldest doctors in Uganda

* Dr HS Gupta, for his free service to poor patients in Mbarara

* Dr.Swaran Singh Basson, a gynaecologist at Mulago Hospital

Police

* Manohar Singh Sandhu, recipient of Queen’s police medal, Uganda’s Independence medal and one of the most senior police officers in Uganda in the 1970s

* Ajmer Singh Matharu, assistant superintendent of police for being a versatile police officer, an international hockey coach and umpire and former Uganda’s Olympic hockey player.

Academic

* Justice Anup Singh Choudry , a scientist, lawyer, a judge, an International auditor in quality control, an International auditor in Environment and a writer of several books as well as the editor of the Sikh Centenary Celebrations magazine

Post and telecommunications

* Sarabjit Singh Ahluwalia, senior assistant Post office controller for East Africa

Contractors who build Uganda

* Bawa Singh Bharaj

* Kehar Singh Kalsi

* Didar Singh Sondh

* Charan Singh Lotay

* Karam Singh Bharaj

Engineers

* Pyara Singh Hunjan

* Ram Singh

* Avtar Singh Marwaha

Headmaster

* J J Singh of Soroti Primary School

Artist

* Ranjit Kaur Dogra

Sports

* Harjit Kaur Sandhu, Captain of Uganda and East African hockey team that won Asian Hockey Tournament in the 1960s

* Dr. Ranjit Singh of Masaka, a doctor and an accomplished golfer

* Amarjit Singh Sandhu, youngest Olympic hockey player

* Rajinder Singh Sandhu, captain Uganda Olympic hockey team

* Malkit Singh Sondh, Uganda Olympic hockey player

* Hardev Singh Sandhu, Uganda Olympic hockey player

* Jasbir Singh Sandhu, Uganda’s Olympic hockey player.

* Ajaib Singh Matharu, Uganda’s Olympic hockey player