Harbajan Singh Vedi

Harbajan Singh Vedi
Born Harbajan Vedi
(1947-02-28)28 February 1947
Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Punjab, British India
Died 24 August 2013(2013-08-24) (aged 66)
Residence Kuwait
Ethnicity Punjabi[1]
Known for Playing a key role in evacuation 1,70,000 indians from Kuwait during Invasion of Kuwait

Harbajan Singh Vedi (28 February 1947-24 August 2013[2]) was an Indian billionaire residing in Kuwait and is the main persons credited with the safe airlift evacuation of 170,000 Indians from Kuwait during the 1990 Invasion of Kuwait, which is hailed as the world's largest civilian evacuation in history.[3]

Vedi, Mathunny Mathews, and many other people of India from Kuwait were evacuated and Harbajan Singh Vedi helped the people in their world record's big survivor-ship.[4]

Film

The Airlift film was directed by Raja Menon is based on the evacuation on this real story[3] With the help of them the 1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait was carried out from 13 August to 11 October 1990 after the Invasion of Kuwait. Leading daily Times of India reported that Kuwait based Malayali enterpreneur Mathunny Mathews (also known as Toyota Sunny) duly supported by Harbajan Singh Vedi, played a stellar role in co-ordinating the evaculation operation by meeting Indian ambassador in Baghdad and overseeing the transport of thousands of Indians to Amman via Baghdad by bus after striking a deal with Iraqi transporters, Indian authorities and UN.[5]

World Record

Air India holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the most people evacuated by a civil airliner as a result of this effort. The operation was carried out during the Persian Gulf War in 1990 to evacuate Indian expatriates from Kuwait and Iraq. It is believed to be the largest civilian evacuation in history.[6][7][8][9] The Indians based in Kuwait also helped in the evacuation efforts.[10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/
  2. ↑ http://www.timeskuwait.com/Times_For-a-fighter--life-never-ends-
  3. 1 2 "Airlift: Akshay Kumar's next a thriller of the biggest human evacuation - Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  4. ↑ "IndiansinKuwait.com - Akshay Kumar’s ‘Airlift’ recounts the real hero 'Toyota Sunny' in Kuwait". indiansinkuwait.com. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  5. ↑ http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=02_02_2016_013_058_002&type=P&artUrl=REAL-STORY-KUWAIT-AIRLIFT-1990-02022016013058&eid=31806
  6. ↑ Rohan Venkataramakrishnan. "The Berlin airlift was remarkable, but the largest civilian evacuation in history is by India The Berlin airlift was remarkable, but the largest civilian evacuation in history is by India". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  7. ↑ Singh, K.Gajendra (February 24, 2003). PROPAGANDA WARS: The decline and fall of western media. South Asia Analysis Group.
  8. ↑ "Did You Know That The Largest Air Evacuation In History Was Done By India?". The Better India. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  9. ↑ "Airlift: Akshay Kumar's next a thriller of the biggest human evacuation". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  10. ↑ "IndiansinKuwait.com - Akshay Kumar’s ‘Airlift’ recounts the real hero 'Toyota Sunny' in Kuwait". indiansinkuwait.com. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
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