1. Indarjit Singh is editor of the Sikh Messenger and known as a presenter of the Thought for the Day segment on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, and BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought.
11 Facts About Indarjit Singh
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Indarjit Singh contributes to British and overseas newspapers and journals including The Times, The Guardian and The Independent.
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Indarjit Singh has advised, or been a member of, official bodies, including the Commission for Racial Equality and the Home Secretary's Advisory Council on Race Relations.
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Indarjit Singh is Director of the Network of Sikh Organisations and regularly represents the Sikh community at civic occasions such as the Commonwealth Service and the Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.
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Indarjit Singh is prominent in the national and international interfaith movement, a patron of the World Congress of Faiths and an executive committee member of the Inter Faith Network UK.
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Indarjit Singh was invited to the wedding of Prince William of Wales and Catherine Middleton and the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla as a representative for the Sikh faith.
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Indarjit Singh came second to Bob Geldof in the BBC Radio 4's 2004 People's Lord poll.
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An Officer of the Order of the British Empire since June 1996, Indarjit Singh was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours.
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Indarjit Singh was introduced in the House of Lords on 24 October 2011, being the first member of the House of Lords to wear a turban.
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Indarjit Singh received a coat of arms with a baronial coronet and, notably, the Khanda as his crest.
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Lord Indarjit Singh was chosen to present the Royal Glove to the King at the 2023 Coronation.