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S. Ajmer Singh Matharu is the first Sabat Soorat Sikh who
served the British police while wear a turban. He
has so many feathers in his cap that he was a
versatile athlete, a top runner and also turned
out to be one of he best forwards (Hockey) that
Uganda has produced. He is first player of east
Africa who has a privilege to learn hockey tricks
from the legend of Hockey Sh. Dhyan Chand I 1964.
He had served as a British coach also.
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S. Ajmer Singh
Matharoo was born to Smt. Pritam Kaur Notey on 29th October 1934 at
Village Tussey, Distt Ludhiana. His father S. Sucha Singh was a
Forman maintainer in PWD Tanzania. He was active socially. He had
worked as president Gurudwara Tanzania.
S. Ajmer Singh got his primary education from village Tussey
and Sudhar, Distt Ludhiana. In 1947 he joined his father at
Tanzania, East
Africa with his mother, younger brother and sister. Then he did
Senior Cambridge from Dara Salam Khalsa Boys Hostel, Tanzania in
1952. He started to participate in Scouting, Football, Hockey and
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He had got
opportunity to play in international team of hockey of Tanzania at the age
of 16? years. Youngest representative of Khlasa Sports Club. Then he has
not looked back, he continued to polish his game. He had participated in
all the biggest tournaments. In 1952 he won the victor ladorum trophy. He
joined East African Railway in 1953 as administration officer. But he
continued his passion of athletics and hockey. He was a member of Dar es
Salaam?s Khalsa Sports Club that won the coveted M.R.de Souza Gold cup in
1954. In 1955 he shifted to Jinja, Ugenda and joined Ugenda National
Hockey team. |
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He stayed here up to 1964. Captained the national team in 1964 and
was later a successful coach. He coached both the men and women
national hockey team making outstanding achievements. With the
ugenda mens winning east African championship for the first time.
Women national team becoming finalists of the asian women?s afro-asian
championship played at lady harding grounds in delhi in 1968. In
1969 he arrived in England following pre-mature retirements as a
deputy superintendent of the Uganda police force. Due to the
volatile and politically unstable situation in ugenda for briish
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In 1970 he joined british police. And setup
Leicester youth hockey club. He has continued
to upgrade him self. For that he did four courses in
East Africa and one in
England. He has an
honour to became the first Sikh (Ramgarhia also) to perform his duty
with turban. He had served as Member of Uganda?s Olympic team in
1972. Part of ajmer activities involved strengthening community
relationship between all the groups in society and to provide equal
opportunity to participate in events. He retired from the
Leicestershire police police constabulary, recognized for his
?exemplary conduct? and service to the community at large.
He is recommended international empire. He is
one of the top five players of Hockey. He is very social. He has
served as Gen sectary of Gurudwara for 4 years from 1986-1988. He
served the Sikh Gurudwara federation as president in 1986. S. Ajmer
Singh has been honored by many local, national and international
organizations. He is conferred with good conduct medals for his 12
years service. He married to Smt. Rajinder Kaur Barhey. The family
is very religious. They are all good in performing kirtan in classic
ragas. The couple is blessed with three sons and two daughters. |
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we have to motivate our children for "Sikhi Saroop" as well as
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