
New Year Honours 2009
Dr Indarjit SINGH CBE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
politician
“Director, Network of Sikh Organisations (UK). For services to Inter-Faith and Community Relations.”
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Director, Network of Sikh Organisations (UK). For services to Inter-Faith and Community Relations.
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“Director, Network of Sikh Organisations (UK). For services to Inter-Faith and Community Relations.”
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How common is this award?
The Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 101 times in the New Year Honours List 2009 — about 11% of the list.
In their area
707 Commander of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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politician.
How widely is this recognised?
415 people have been recognised for Faith & Belief.
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Middlesex
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Gillian Anne Marriott
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Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire
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Maureen Ann Leveton
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Norwich, Norfolk
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Arnold Sydney Lewis
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Liverpool, Merseyside
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London, Greater London
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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Altrincham, Greater Manchester
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Neil Martin
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London, Greater London
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2009
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2009). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 30 December 2008.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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