King Charles joined in a minute’s silence in memory of the Ahmedabad-London Air India plane crash victims, sporting a black armband to honour the dead across both nations and beyond during his annual Trooping the Colour Birthday Parade over the weekend.
Buckingham Palace said the UK monarch had made the last-minute amendments "as a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy".
“Following the Air India incident this week, His Majesty has requested that members of the Royal Family in uniform at Trooping the Colour should wear black armbands, as will mounted Officers in the Procession and all liveried Mews staff,” the palace said.
Meanwhile, 1,075 people from across the UK received the customary honours in King Charles III’s Birthday Honours List 2025. They were awarded for their exceptional achievements, with a particular focus on those who have given their time to public service.
Here’s a roll call of some of the Indian-origin professionals, academics, healthcare experts, frontline and community workers named in the 2025 Birthday Honours List…
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Order of the British Empire
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Prem Babu GOYAL OBE
Alderman, City of London Corporation. For Public Service (London, Greater London)
Tanuja RANDERY
Managing Director and Vice President, Amazon Web Services, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. For services to Business and the Technology Sector (London, Greater London)
Professor Jagtar SINGH OBE
Lately Chair, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. For services to the NHS (Bedford, Bedfordshire)
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Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Sunita ARORA
Founder, The Arora Charitable Foundation. For services to the Charitable Sector and to Philanthropy (Virginia Water, Surrey)
Avinderjit BHATIA
Chief Nurse, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. For services to the NHS and Nursing (Tunbridge Wells, Kent)
Rita HIRANI
Strategic Advisor and Lately Chief Executive Officer, MindOut. For services to Women, to the LGBTQ+ Community, and to Victims of Domestic Abuse (London, Greater London)
Pooja KANDA
Anti-Knife Crime Campaigner, Justice for Ronan. For services to the Prevention of Knife Crime (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire)
Dr Kulin Kantilal PATEL
Veterinary Advisor for International Trade, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For services to Animal Health and to International Trade (London, Greater London)
Vaibhav PURI
Director of Sector Strategy and Transformation, Rail Safety and Standards Board. For services to Rail Safety and Standards (St Neots, Cambridgeshire)
Professor Pankaj SHARMA
Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Royal Holloway University of London. For services to Research in Strokes in South Asian People (London, Greater London)
Ranjit SINGH
Vice Principal for Quality and Learner Experience, Hull College. For services to Further Education (London, Greater London)
Dr Parag SINGHAL Consultant Endocrinologist, Weston Area Health NHS Trust. For services to Health Education and Black and Minority Ethnic Doctors (Weston-super-Mare, Somerset)
Captain Jagjit Singh SOHAL
Chair, WW1 Sikh Memorial Fund. For services to the Commemoration of Commonwealth Soldiers who served Great Britain (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands)
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Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Surdarshan Singh CHANA
Indian Classical Musician. For services to Music and Sikh Culture (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Umeshkumar DESAI
For services to Higher Education (Leicester, Leicestershire)
Zamiha DESAI
Founder, RecommendAsian and Founder, ProfessionalAsian. For services to the British Asian Community (London, Greater London)
Neelam DEVESHER
Chair, Community Foundation for Surrey and Chair, Surrey Minority Ethnic Forum. For services to Charity and to the community in Surrey (Leatherhead, Surrey)
Pravin Ravji Kara JETHWA
Delivery Officer, Regions Group London, Department for Education. For services to Education (Watford, Hertfordshire)
Mohan Singh KUNDI
Chair, Sefton Carers Centre. For services to Charity (Formby, Merseyside)
Ram Kishan MEHMI
Councillor for Pleck, Walsall and Trustee, Darlaston Temple. For services to Faith and Integration (Walsall, West Midlands)
Marion Kathryn MEHTA Interim Branch Director, Samaritans of Redbridge. For services to the Samaritans and Suicide Prevention (London, Greater London)
Parimalkumar Bhanuprasad PATEL
Paralegal Officer, Crown Prosecution Service. For services to Law and Order (London, Greater London)
Sanjay Mahendra PATEL
Lately Managing Director, The Hundred. For services to Cricket (Marlow, Buckinghamshire)
Sat PAUL
For services to the community in Bedford, Bedfordshire (Bedford, Bedfordshire)
Professor Raman Kant PRINJA
Professor of Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London. For services to Academia and Education (London, Greater London)
Sonia SABRI
Dance Artist. For services to Dance (Birmingham, West Midlands)
Aruna Kumari SHARMA
Lately Headteacher, Villiers High School, London. For services to Education (London, Greater London)
Dr Richa SINHA
Chair, The Scottish Hindu Foundation. For services to the Hindu Community in Scotland and to Tackling Hinduphobia (Glasgow, City of Glasgow)
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Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)
Ram Prakash GUPTA
For services to the community in Lancashire and Greater Manchester (Blackburn, Lancashire)
Adarsh KHULLAR
Founder and Chair, Scottish Asian Ekta Group. For services to the Scottish Asian Ekta Group (Glasgow, City of Glasgow)
Aruna Bipin MISTRY
Laboratory Teacher, Science and Engineering, University of Birmingham. For services to Higher Education (Coventry, Warwickshire)
Amish Dipakkumar PATEL
Director, Hodgson Pharmacy. For services to Community Pharmacy (London, Greater London)
Santosh SHARMA
Volunteer, Oxfam. For Charitable Service (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)
