词条 | Jessie Singh Saini |
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Origin and early lifeHe completed his education at Punjab Agricultural University at Ludhiana before migrating to USA in 1986.[5] Awards and recognitionJessie was the first Indian to receive the Civil rights award – the Edna Magee Award from the Santa Clara County in 1998. He also went to the Philippines as a state guest in 1996 and was honored by the Pope for helping to raise money for Vietnamese refugees stranded in the Philippines. He was also honored in his native Punjab with Punjab Ratan award by Prakash Singh Badal, the Chief Minister of Punjab.[2][3] References1. ^The global Indian: the rise of Sikhs abroad, p 139, Gurmukh Singh, Rupa & Co., 2003 {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh Saini, Jessie}}{{US-business-bio-1950s-stub}}2. ^1 2 Clinton invites Punjabi to trip, By Sarbjit Singh,Tribune News Service , Tuesday, November 7, 2000, Chandigarh, India 3. ^1 Gurdaspur to Los Gatos: The $ 250 million story of Jessie Singh, Sonia Chopra , May 25, 1999 , Rediff.com 4. ^California Vacation, Conversations with Indian Americans,By VIJAY PRASHAD, Counter Punch Weekend Edition, December 31 / January 1, 2005/6 5. ^Million dollar dreams, TNN, Jul 21, 2002, 12.00am IST 3 : Living people|People from Punjab, India|1958 births |
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