2. INTRODUCTION
In the year 1953 at the officers of THE MILAP, the
ANDHRA PRADESH PUNJABI SABHA was
formed. A few Punjabi families most of them refugees
from Pakistan settled in the twin cities and a few more
migrated in search of good business opportunities
recognized the need of coming together to cement the
cultural & values of Punjabi were brought into play
from day one, “Work hard and have a good life style”
was the motto. The founder President and the backbone
of the Sabha. He nurtured the Sabha for a number of
years initially as the President and later as the Patron.
The other founder members were Late.Dr.B.L.Vigg, Late.
Sardar Kesar Singh Saluja, Late Sardar Mohan Singh Saluja, Late
Shri K.R.Talwarjee, Late Shri Baldevjee and Late S.Raghubir Singh
Oberai.

3. GROWTH

4. President

5.  Sunil Talwar  Raj Kamal Agarwal
 Sudhir Rakhra
 Dayanand Gauri
 Ravinder Singh Arora
 Manjeet Singh Gandhi
 Harinder Singh
 Harpeet Singh Chhabra

6. • Ashok Kapoor • N.S. Johar
• Baldev Singh Bagga • Prem Kapoor
• Bhupinder Singh Talwar • Parminder Singh Kohli
• Harish Kumar • Ravinder Singh Sarna
• Harbans Singh Nagpal • Ranjit Singh Chhabra
• Harinder Singh • Ranjan Sood
• Hira Lal Thakral • Surat Singh Malhotra
• Indra Mohan Malhotra • Satpal Singh Khanjuja
• Joginder Singh Mujral • Tavinder Singh Kohli
• Kuldeep Singh Bagga • Vimal Agarwal
• Madan Chhabra

7. The first Baisakhi Mela was arranged by the sabha
in the year 1953 and it was very well attended and
enjoyed. This Mela which is a typical gathering of
all Punjabi's is celebrated every year since then.
Chief Guest : T. Subbarami Reddy
Minister of Steel & Mines
Govt of India.
Life Time Achievement Award: Suresh Oberoi
Actor
Artist : Hans Raj Hans

8. Baisakhi Mela- 2008
Chief Guest : Smt.Renuka Chowdhury
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Artist : Jasbir Jassi

9. Dance Drama & Mimicry
Chief Guest Miss. World Punjaban

10. Baisakhi Mela- 2010
Chief Guest : Shri.Pallam Raju
Minister of State for Defence
Govt of India.
Life Time Achievement Award : Shri.Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Artist : 1.Ashok Masti
2.Nikita Nigam
3.Bharti Singh

11. DIWALI MILAN 2010

12. Baisakhi Mela- 2011
Artist : Daler Mehndi

13. DIWALI MILAN 2011

14. Baisakhi Mela- 2012
Chief Guest : Charmee
Cine Actress
Artist : 1.Hard Kaur
2.Suganda Mishra
3.Shweta Sharma

15. Lohri-2012
In year 2012 A.P Punjabi Sabha celebrated at
Chiranfort Club. The festival was marked by a
range of traditional and exciting activities such as
lighting the ritualistic bonfire, dancing on the beats
of dhol.
The event was to launch the Sabha’s Young Ladies
Wing- PHULKARI. Its under the leadership of Ms
Mini Sarna.
Chief Guest : Dr. J.Geeta Reddy
Minister for Major Industries, Sugar,
commerce and Export promotion, Govt. of AP

16. Phulkari Young Ladies Wing - Women's Day-2012
With the promise to showcase programmes of great
quality, the Phulkari Young Ladies Wing, of our Sabha
celebrated women hood on the 7th of March @
Yellowchillies. Celebrations started by honoring some of
the achiever & prestigious Ladies from different fields who
have risen above social and culture boundaries overcoming
Ms.Amrita Ahluwalia barriers to achieve breakthrough success in their field of
work. The programmes had a fun antakshri played amongst
the ladies presents who sang and danced on different tunes.
Focus was on the Ladies to make them feel speacial.It,was
truly an event to understand that being a WOMAN is worth
Star Achiever’s celebrating all times.
Dr.Ms.Ravinder Kaur
Mrs Shammi Sahani

17. Dressing According to Your Body Shape
Phulkari Organized a workshop on
“Dressing According to Your Body Shape”
being conducted by First Impression
Consulting (P) Ltd., 28-April-2012, 4PM to
6PM at Hotel Grand Solitaire, Park
lane, Secunderabad. First Impression
Consulting (P) Ltd is a Bombay
based, pioneering venture in image
management.

18. Lifetime Achievement Award
We every year proudly honour
outstanding Punjabis. In recent
past, we have honoured
Shri. Suresh Oberoi, a leading
Shri. Suresh Oberoi film personality originally from
Hyderabad & Shri. Montek Singh
Ahluwalia,deputy chairman of the
planning commission - Government
of India and a leading world
economist.
Shri. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

19. A.P.Punjabi Achievers
Tejdeep Kaur Menon (I.P.S)
Tavinder Singh Kohli
Educationist Sarwar Ahuja
Narender Pal Singh
Gagan Narang’s - Father Kanwal Jeet Singh - Cricketer National Hockey Coach
Kesar Singh Saluja
Dr.N.S.Bhalla Aarti Veer Founder Member

20. Our Contribution to the Community

21. EXPANSION
• Punjabi Sabha is striving ahead to build its
own PUNJABI BHAVAN on a 1500 sq.
yds plot at one of the most promising
location in the twin city.
To keep the communications open
between the Sabha and its members, a
regular news letter has also been
launched.

22. • COLLAGE