Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lauded the Sikh community

Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh addressed the young achievers and lauded the Sikh community at the launch of the book ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’. The defence minister mentioned during the address that the Sikh community carries with itself a lot of glorious history but, ironically most of us are unaware of it and the youth should be taught about it. He highlighted Sikh community’s contribution in India’s struggle for freedom and mentioned, “When we got freedom and faced the tragedy of partition, Sikhs suffered a lot!”

The book ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’ is compiled by Dr Prabhleen Singh of Punjabi University. It is dedicated to the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur and brings forward the life stories of India’s 200 foremost Sikhs from diverse field like education, sports, business, medicine, entertainment, civil services, judiciary, media, and social services.