INTRODUCTION

In the year 1953 at the officers of THE MILAP, the ANDHRA PRADESH PUNJABI SABHA was formed. A few Punjabi families most of them refugees from Pakistan settled in the twin cities and a few more migrated in search of good business opportunities recognized the need of coming together to cement the cultural & values of Punjabi were brought into play from day one, “Work hard and have a good life style” was the motto. The founder President and the backbone of the Sabha. He nurtured the Sabha for a number of years initially as the President and later as the Patron. The other founder members were Late.Dr.B.L.Vigg, Late. Sardar Kesar Singh Saluja, Late Sardar Mohan Singh Saluja, Late Shri K.R.Talwarjee, Late Shri Baldevjee and Late S.Raghubir Singh Oberai.

GROWTH

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Surender Pal Singh President

ANDHRA PRADESH PUNJABI SABHA

Vice President Sunil Talwar Sudhir Rakhra Dayanand Gauri

Gen. Secretary Manjeet Singh Gandhi

Secretary Harpeet Singh Chhabra

Treasurer Raj Kamal Agarwal

Prog. Committee Chairman Ravinder Singh Arora

Editor: The Punjabis Harinder Singh

Executive Committee 2009-13

PresidentSURENDER PAL SINGH

• Ashok Kapoor• Baldev Singh Bagga• Bhupinder Singh Talwar• Harish Kumar• Harbans Singh Nagpal• Harinder Singh• Hira Lal Thakral• Indra Mohan Malhotra• Joginder Singh Mujral• Kuldeep Singh Bagga• Madan Chhabra

• N.S. Johar• Prem Kapoor• Parminder Singh Kohli• Ravinder Singh Sarna• Ranjit Singh Chhabra• Ranjan Sood• Surat Singh Malhotra• Satpal Singh Khanjuja• Tavinder Singh Kohli• Vimal Agarwal

Managing Committee Members 2009-13

Baisakhi Mela- 2007

The first Baisakhi Mela was arranged by the sabha in the year 1953 and it was very well attended and enjoyed. This Mela which is a typical gathering of all Punjabi's is celebrated every year since then.

Chief Guest : T. Subbarami Reddy Minister of Steel & Mines

Govt of India.Life Time Achievement Award: Suresh Oberoi

ActorArtist : Hans Raj Hans

Baisakhi Mela- 2008

Chief Guest : Smt.Renuka Chowdhury Ministry of Women and Child Development

Artist : Jasbir Jassi

Dance Drama & MimicryChief Guest Miss. World Punjaban

Baisakhi Mela- 2010

Chief Guest : Shri.Pallam Raju Minister of State for Defence Govt of India.

Life Time Achievement Award : Shri.Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Artist : 1.Ashok Masti 2.Nikita Nigam 3.Bharti Singh

DIWALI MILAN 2010

Baisakhi Mela- 2011

Artist : Daler Mehndi

DIWALI MILAN 2011

Baisakhi Mela- 2012

Chief Guest : Charmee Cine Actress

Artist : 1.Hard Kaur 2.Suganda Mishra 3.Shweta Sharma

Lohri-2012 In year 2012 A.P Punjabi Sabha celebrated at

Chiranfort Club. The festival was marked by a range of traditional and exciting activities such as lighting the ritualistic bonfire, dancing on the beats of dhol.

The event was to launch the Sabha’s Young Ladies Wing- PHULKARI. Its under the leadership of Ms Mini Sarna.

Chief Guest : Dr. J.Geeta ReddyMinister for Major Industries, Sugar,commerce and Export promotion, Govt. of AP

Phulkari Young Ladies Wing - Women's Day-2012

With the promise to showcase programmes of great quality, the Phulkari Young Ladies Wing, of our Sabha celebrated women hood on the 7th of March @ Yellowchillies. Celebrations started by honoring some of the achiever & prestigious Ladies from different fields who have risen above social and culture boundaries overcoming barriers to achieve breakthrough success in their field of work. The programmes had a fun antakshri played amongst the ladies presents who sang and danced on different tunes. Focus was on the Ladies to make them feel speacial.It,was truly an event to understand that being a WOMAN is worth celebrating all times.Star Achiever’s

Ms.Amrita Ahluwalia

Dr.Ms.Ravinder Kaur

Mrs Shammi Sahani

Dressing According to Your Body Shape

Phulkari Organized a workshop on “Dressing According to Your Body Shape” being conducted by First Impression Consulting (P) Ltd., 28-April-2012, 4PM to 6PM at  Hotel Grand Solitaire, Park lane, Secunderabad. First Impression Consulting (P) Ltd is a Bombay based, pioneering venture in image management.

Lifetime Achievement Award

We every year proudly honour outstanding Punjabis. In recent past, we have honoured

Shri. Suresh Oberoi, a leading film personality originally from Hyderabad & Shri. Montek Singh Ahluwalia,deputy chairman of the planning commission - Government of India and a leading world economist.

Shri. Suresh Oberoi

Shri. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

A.P.Punjabi AchieversTejdeep Kaur Menon (I.P.S)

Tavinder Singh Kohli Educationist Sarwar Ahuja

Gagan Narang’s - Father Kanwal Jeet Singh - CricketerNarender Pal Singh National Hockey Coach

Dr.N.S.Bhalla Aarti VeerKesar Singh SalujaFounder Member

Our Contribution to the Community

EXPANSION

• Punjabi Sabha is striving ahead to build its own PUNJABI BHAVAN on a 1500 sq. yds plot at one of the most promising location in the twin city.To keep the communications open between the Sabha and its members, a regular news letter has also been launched.

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