Bibi Balwant Kaur Explained

Bibi Balwant Kaur, MBE
Birth Place:	Village Soos, Punjab
Death Place:	Wales, United Kingdom
Other Names:	Bibi Ji
Known For:	Charity

Bibi Balwant Kaur (Punjabi: ਬਿਬੀ ਬਲਵੰਤ ਕੌਰ, 10 May 1915, in Soos, Punjab – 21 March 2009), also known as Bibi Balwant Kaur Soor or Bibi ji, was the founder and chairperson of Mata Nanki Foundation, located at Rookery Road, Birmingham, the head of the Bebe Nanaki movement and the Mata Nanaki movement.^[1]

In 2000, Bibi Balwant Kaur was awarded the MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth for dedicating her life to charitable causes.^{[1] [2]} In 2007, she won the Sikh Women's Alliance Award for her "lifetime work in the service of worldwide humanity."^[3]

External links

• Gurdwara Bebe Nanaki Ji
• Matananki Foundation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sikh Diaspora Philanthropy . 5 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727230258/http://www.saanjhpunjab.org/articles/Sikh_Diaspora_Philanthropy_Chapter_9.pdf . 27 July 2011 .
2. Web site: PR_260101 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100628070037/http://www.hcilondon.org/pr260101.htm . dead . 28 June 2010 . 28 June 2010 . 9 December 2017.
3. Web site: The UK Sikh Women's Conference . 5 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101450/http://www.sikhreview.org/september2007/report.htm . 18 July 2011 . dead .