(TO BE PUBLISHED IN GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, PART 1 SEC.1) Government of India Ministry of Culture (Special Cell) Notification New Delhi, the 19 th October, 2016 F.No.30-1/2016-Spl.Cell (Part) To commemorate the 350 th Birth Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singhji in a befitting manner, the Competent Authority has approved the constitution of a National Committee (NC). The composition of the National Committee (NC) is as under:- NATIONAL COMMITTEE Designation Sl. No. Name(S/Shri) Prime Minister 1. Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India 2. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Former Prime Minister of India Cabinet Ministers 3. Rajnath Singh, Home Minister 4. Ms. Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister 5. Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister 6. Ms. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing 7. Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Human Resources Development 8. Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 9. Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways 10. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law & Justice 11. Ram Vilas Paswan, Food and Public Distribution Minister Governors 12. Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor - Haryana & Punjab 13. Ms. Najma Heptulla, Governor, Manipur 14. Balram Das Tandon, Governor of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister 15. Parkash Singh Badal, CM, Punjab 16. Manohar Lal Khattar, CM Haryana 17. Nitish Kumar, CM Bihar Bharat Ratna 18. Ms. Lata Mangeshkar, Bharat Ratna - Legendary Singer MoS 19. Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (IC) for Culture LG 20. Ms. Kiran Bedi, LG Pudduchery
-2- Dy. Chief 21. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Dy. CM, Punjab Minister MPs 22. Lal Krishna Advani, MP 23. Murli Manohar Joshi, MP 24. S S Ahluwalia, BJP MP (Darjeeling) 25. Sukhdev Singh Dindsa, Rajya Sabha MP 26. Balwinder Singh Bhundar, MP (RS) 27. Ms. Ambika Soni, Rajya Sabha MP 28. Ashwini Chopra, MP, Editor - Punjab Kesari 29. Naresh Gujral, MP, RS 30. Dr. Dharamveer Gandhi, MP, AAP Others 31. Amit Shah, BJP President 32. Avtar Singh Makkar, President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee 33. Sudershan Rao, Chairman, ICHR 34. Prof. Lokesh Chandra, Chairman, EC of NMML 35. Swapan Das Gupta 36. Tarlochan Singh, former Chairman, Minority Commission 37. Manjit Singh, President, DSGMC 38. Majinder Singh Sirsa, General Secretary, DSGMC 39. N.K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture 40. Sardar Buta Singh, Former Home Minister of India (1986-89), Former Governor of Bihar 41. Lalu Prasad Yadav, RJD President 42. Bhupinder Singh, MLA, Orrisa 43. Trilochan Singh, Former Rajya Sabha MP, Former NHRC Head 44. Chiranjeevi Singh, Former IAS - Ambassador of India to UNESCO in Paris; Addl Chief Secretary, Karnataka 45. Hardeep Puri, Former IFS Officer - Permanent Representative to UN Joined BJP in 2014 46. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Vice Chairman, Planning Commission 47. Sardar Joginder Singh, Ex CBI Director (1996-97) 48. Arjan Singh, Marshal Air Force 49. Bikram Singh, Former Army Chief 50. J J Singh, Former Army Chief 51. Sardar Kuldip Singh, Former Supreme Court Justice Former Chairman - National Delimitation Commission (2002-2008) 52. Amitabh Bachchan, Legendary Actor 53. Dharmendra, Legendary Actor 54. Gurinder Chadha, Film Director 55. Gurdas Maan, Singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actor 56. Jasvinder Singh, Ghazal singer
-3-57. Sir Mota Singh QC, London 58. Sukhvinder Singh, Playback singer 59. Ms. Arpana Caur, Painter 60. Ms. Sadhna Patri, Translated the Guru Granth Sahib in Oriya 61. Tavleen Singh, Columnist, Political reporter and writer 62. Analjit Singh, Founder-Chairman, Max Group. Padma Bhushan awardee 63. Malvinder Mohan Singh, Former Chairman, CEO, Ranbaxy 64. Kuldeep Singh Dhingra, MD, Berger Paints 65. M S Banga, Ex-CEO, Hindustan Unilever. Padma Bhushan awardee 66. Onkar Kanwal, Chairman, Apollo Tyres 67. R S Sodhi, MD, GCMF (Amul) 68. Vikramjit Singh Sahney, President, Sun Group 69. Ms. Anarkali Honaryar, Sikh Afghan Politician - Senator and Human Rights advocate 70. S Tarsem Singh, Chairman, Karnataka State Welfare Society 71. Abhay Singh Sandhu, Bhagat Singh's nephew 72. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, Environmental Activist 73. Ms. Inderjit Kaur, President of Pingalwara Charity Home in Amritsar 74. Ms. Prakash Kaur, Social Worker 75. S Sarvjeet Singh, President, Sikh Seva Samiti - Bhilai 76. Sarup Singh Alag, Founder of Alag Shabad Yug International Charitable Trust 77. Baba Ramdev, Yoga Guru 78. Didi Maa Sadhvi Rithambara, Vatsalyagram, Mathura 79. Giani Gurbachan Singh Ji, Former Jathedar, Sri Akal Takht Sahib 80. Giani Iqbal Singh Ji, Jathedar, Takht Sri Patna Sahib 81. Giani Jagtar Singh Ji, Head Granthi, Sri Darbar Sahib 82. Giani Jaswinder Singh Ji, Granthi, Sri Darbar Sahib 83. Giani Kulwant Singh Ji, Jathedar, Takht Sri Hazoor Sahib 84. Giani Mal Singh Ji, Jathedar, Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib 85. Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati, Govardhan Peeth Puri 86. Shankaracharya Swami Shri Shri Bharati Tirtha, Shardha Peeth Sringeri 87. The Dalai Lama, Buddhist spiritual leader 88. Milkha Singh, Former athlete 89. Navtoj Singh Sidhu, Cricketer, Former MP (BJP) 90. Abhinav Bindra, Shooter, Padma Bhushan 91. Arjun Atwal, Golfer 92. Harbhajan Singh, Cricketer
-4-93. Jiv Milkha Singh, Golfer, Padma Shri 94. Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Shooter 95. Sardara Singh, Hockey player 96. Satnam Singh, Basketball Player 97. Vijender Singh, Boxer 98. Yuvraj Singh, Cricketer 99. Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Former cricketer 100. Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, Prominent Sportsperson 101. Justice H.S. Bedi, Former Judge 102. Capt. Amrinder Singh, Politician 103. Gen. Ved Prakash Malik, Ex. Chief of Army Staff 104. G.S. Gill, Addl. Advocate General Rajasthan High Court 105. R.P. Singh, Politician, BJP 106. Dr. Smt. Vinay Kapur, Professor and HOD Law Deptt., Amritsar University, Social worker 107. Niraj Atri, Teacher and Amateur Historian, 108. Dr. J.S. Namdhari, Profesor of Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College Gwalior, Social worker and Student Counsellor 109. Biharilal, Social worker, Office bearer of Sikh Sangat. 110. Sartaj Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 111. Sardar Tara Singh, BJP MLA, Mulund (Mumbai) & President Gurudwara Board, Nanded 112. Balihar Singh, ex Food Minister, GoMP 113. Dileep Gogate, Author of Marathi Book on Guru Gobind Singh 114. Sardar Chiranjeev Singh, Patron, Rashtriya Sikh Sangat 115. Dr. Avtar Singh Shastri, General Secretary, Rashtriya Sikh Sangat 116. Sardar Baljeet Singh Sandhu, General Secretary, Rashtriya Sikh Sangat 117. Champat Rai, General Secretary, Vishwa Hindu Parishad 118. Shri Bhagaiah, Sah Sarkaryavah, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 2. The Mandate of the National Committee (NC) will be as under: (i) (ii) Approve policies/plans, programmes and supervise and guide the commemoration of the 350 th Birth Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singhji including preparatory activities. Decide on the broad dates for the detailed programme of Celebration.
-5- The recommendations of the Committee will be considered by the Government for implementation, subject to extant Rules, instructions and practices. (Pankaj Rag) Joint Secretary to the Government of India
No.F.30-1/2016-Spl.Cell (Part) Government of India Ministry of Culture (Special Cell) Shastri Bhavan New Delhi dated 19 th October, 2016 O R D E R It has been decided with the approval of competent authority to constitute Executive Committee (EC) to commemorate the 350 th Birth Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singhji in a befitting manner. The composition of the Committee will be as under:- Chairman 1 Shri Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Members 2 Smt. Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister 3 Shri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister 4 Ms. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing 5 Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Human Resources Development 6 Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 7 Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways 8 Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law & Justice 9 Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Food and Public Distribution Minister 10 Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal, Dy. CM, Punjab 11 Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (IC) for Culture 12 Shri S S Ahluwalia, BJP MP (Darjeeling) 13 Shri Ashwini Chopra, MP, Editor - Punjab Kesari 14 Shri Avtar Singh Makkar, President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee 15 Shri Hardeep Puri, Former IFS Officer - Permanent Representative to UN Joined BJP in 2014 16 Dr. Smt. Vinay Kapur, Professor and HOD Law Deptt., Amritsar University, Social worker 17 Justice H.S. Bedi, Former Judge 18 Shri Sukhdev Singh Dindsa, Rajya Sabha MP Convenor 19 Shri N.K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture 2. The Mandate of the Executive Committee (EC) will be as under: (i) The Executive Committee will be responsible for chalking out the programmes and activities; to implement the decision of the National Committee and also to decide the budget for the commemoration.
-2- (ii) The recommendation of the Committee will be implemented subject to the rules and practices in force. To (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) All Members of the Executive Committee (EC) PS to Hon ble Home Minister PS to Minister of Culture PSO to Secretary(Culture) PPS to AS&FA, Ministry of Culture (Pankaj Rag) Joint Secretary to the Government of India