Awards and Honours
In 1989 he received the Templeton Award for services to spirituality. In 1991 he received the Inter faith Medallion for services to religious broadcasting. In 2004 he joined Benjamin Zephaniah and Peter Donohoe in being awarded an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Leicester. He came second to Bob Geldof in the BBC Radio 4's 2004 People's Lord poll An Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) since June 1996, Singh was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.
On the recommendation of the House of Lords Appointments Commission, he was created a Crossbench (independent) life peer on 12 October 2011 and was introduced in the House of Lords on 24 October 2011. He is the first member of the House of Lords to wear a turban. In the introduction ceremony, his Senior Supporter was the Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws and his Junior Supporter was the Lord Carey of Clifton.
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