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Performance TitleGuru Nanak Quincentenary Celebrations
Performance Date6 December 1969
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time18:30
Main PerformersSardar Joginder Singh Sandhu,
H E Apa B Pant,
Merlyn Rees,
Giani Harbhjan Singh Mauji and Party,
Prof.Harbans Singh,
S Mohan Singh and Party,
Frank Cousins,
Mrs P M Wylam,
Bernard Braine,
Kishan Singh Parwana and Party,
Dr Arjan Kirpal Singh Aujla,
Archbishop of Canterbury,
Giani Pritam Singh Dallewal,
Miss Mann and Party,
Justice Hidayat Ullah
Secondary PerformersGuests of Honour:
David Ennals,
HE Ambassador of Royal Cambodia,
Dr L Tuloch,
Lord Mayor of London,
Lady Mayoress of London,
Councillor J D Shepperd,
P N Kaul,
Sydney Bidweli,
Mrs Anne Kerr,
Russell Kerr,
Robert Maxwell,
Mrs.Renee Short,
D P Hunt,
Major-General B W Key,
Sir Reginald Savory,
Brigadier Sir Francis Reed,
Brigadier H W Dinwiddie,
Brigadier J J Purves,
Brigadier Sir Francis Reid,
Colonel W H Barlow,
Colonel C J B Church,
Colonel E C Johnson,
Lt.-Colonel E C W Fowles,
Lt.-Colonel P S Mitcheson,
J Donnelly,
Wing Commander R Garby
Performance NotesThe event was the culmination of month-long celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1969/180)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1969/180Guru Nanak Quincentenary Celebrations6 December 1969
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
EasiegezowkigcxGuru Nanak Quincentenary Celebrations1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/9954Ramsey; Arthur Michael (1904-1988); Baron Ramsey of Canterbury PC; English Anglican bishop
DS/UK/18285Braine; Lord; Bernard Richard (1914-2000); Baron Braine of Wheatley; Conservative Party politician
DS/UK/18284Cousins; Frank (1904-1986); British trade union leader, Labour Party politician
DS/UK/18283Rees; Lord; Merlyn Merlyn- (1920-2006); Baron Merlyn-Rees; Welsh-born Labour Party politician
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