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London, July 29: England's only Sikh
cricketer Monty Panesar has been chosen as Sport Personality of
the Year at the Asian Achievers Award 2007.
At a glittering ceremony held at the Hilton
Hotel, Park Lane, last night, Lord Karan Billimoria, leading NRI
entrepreneur, presented the award to Panesar.
Lord Navnit Dholakia, Deputy Leader of the
Liberal Democrats, bagged the Editor's Award while Prof Nathuram
Puri, NRI industrialist, received Business Community Award.
Other recipients were Naynesh Desai
(Professional of the Year), Ratilal Devchand Shah (Achievement
in Community Service), Renu Patel (Achievement in media/Art and
Culture), Firoz Kassam (Lifetime Achievement award), Dalip Kumar
(Young Entrepreneur of the year and Shriti Vadera (woman of the
year).
Prominent among those present on the occasion
were Keith Vaz, leading NRI Labour MP and former minister, S
Jagadeesan, Minister, Economics in the Indian High Commission,
Lord Bhiku Parikh and Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev. (Agencies)
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