Freedom fighters & players among 105 feted for public service

Ludhiana: Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria honoured 105 individuals from various walks of life for their exceptional services during the state-level Republic Day celebration here.Among them were former IAS officer Captain Narinder Singh, international tennis champion Jaskaran Singh, international soft tennis champion Parteek Singh, international player Jarnail Singh Garcha, Dr Bharat Dua, Ajitpal Singh, Shaffy Makkar, Manjit Kaur, assistant agriculture engineer Amanpreet Singh, Pujan Chabra and constables from the Sadak Surakhya Force: Satsimran Singh, Gurjashan Singh, Ajay Parocha, Arshdeep Singh, Luvpreet Singh, Keshav Kumar, Harsimranjeet Singh, Babbu Singh, Hardev Singh, Sandeep Kaur, Kanwaljeet Singh, Gagandeep Maudgill, Ranvir Singh, Gurjinder Singh, Jaswinder Kaur and Surinder Singh.Families of freedom fighters such as Nirmal Kaur, Neeru Bala, Surinder Kaur, Harpreet Kaur, Gulzara Singh, Saroj Rani and others such as inspector Harsavir Singh, Jagroom Kaur, Gurcharan Singh, Manjinder Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Sarvinder Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Santpal Singh and Kamaldeep Singh were also recognised on the occasion.Others honoured included Boota Singh, Baljinder Singh, Lakhvir Kaur, Shamsher Singh, Jatinder Singh, Pawan Kumar, Soma Rani, Manoj Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Jagwinder Singh, Lakhwinder Singh, Sarjit Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Dr Aashima Taneja, Indu Sood, Arshdeep Singh, and Gurpreet Kaur. The list continues with Jaswinder Singh, Irfan and Bhavdeep Singh, Priyanka Tiwari, Mannat and Ayushi, Bindo Sharma, Shanaya and Guneet, Dr Sandeep Verma, Geetika, Divya Parkash Pandey, Prachi, Vipan Dass, Ashok, Harpreet Kaur, Javjot Kaur, and Rafia.The other honourees included Jaspal Singh, Naveen, Rashmi and Aarti, Surinder Singh, Evanjot Singh, Simran Singh, Kulwant Singh, Bhawna, Varinder, Gagandeep Singh, Rajwinder Singh, Dharampal Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Satnam Singh, Sukhjinder Singh, Ravinder Kumar, Sandeep Singh, Iqbal Singh, Manpreet Singh, Amandeep Singh, Jagroop Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Rohit Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Rajanjit Singh, Jai Parkash Sharma, Akashdeep Singh, Karan Singh, Varinder Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Varun Kumar, Kuldeep Singh, Manjinder Singh, Manjit Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Harsimran Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Jatinderpal Singh, Onkar Singh, Karandeep Singh and Manpreet Kaur.