CLIVE LLOYD, SAM MENDES AWARDED KNIGHTHOODS

LONDON:Knighthoods for director Sam Mendes and cricket legend Clive Lloyd were announced on Friday in the British New Year honours list, which includes singer-composer Elton John and a number of Indian-origin achievers described as “extraordinary”.

The royal honours list is released twice a year, on New Year’s Eve and on Queen Elizabeth’s official birthday on the second Saturday of June.

While John has been made a Companion of Honour, Lloyd and award-winning director Mendes were named for knighthoods.

The list includes linguist Aditi Lahiri and musician Jasvir Kaur Rababan.

Meanwhile, officials apologised after mistakenly publishing the addresses of more than 1,000 people who received honours.

The list has the following individuals of Indian heritage:

OBE FOR ADITI LAHIRI

Shobana Jeyasingh, Aditi Lahiri, Paul Pavandeep Thandi, Katherine Sarah Chhatwal, Nishma

Gosrani, Arundeep Singh Kang, Rishi Khosla, Ramesh Damji Devji Pattni.

THE LIST COMPRISES LINGUIST ADITI LAHIRI AND OTHER INDIANORIGIN ACHIEVERS IN VARIOUS FIELDS, INCLUDING MUSICIAN JASVIR KAUR RABABAN

RABABAN GETS MBE

Jasvir Kaur Rababan, Kalwant Bhopal, Manjit Darby, Shakuntla Gittins, Michael Kuldip Johal, Sudarshan Kapur, Mahiben Maruthappu, Nalini Jitendra Modha, Kanti Nagda, Yogesh Patel, Baljinder Singh Rai, Sukwinder Kaur Samra, Manjulika Singh.

BEM FOR CHHATRALIA

Dhruv Mansukhal Chhatralia, Kishan Rajesh Devani, Nicholas Chandra Gupta, Sahdaish Kaur Pall, Kanubhai Raojibhai Patel, Rita Patel, Afzal Pradhan, Kathryn Lindsay Singh, Paramjit Singh Sandhu, Harpreet Virdee.