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'''Manveen Sandhu''' (1962–2010) was an Indian artist, [[educationist]], culture promoter and a peace activist. She was the creator and director of ''Punarjyot'', an NGO focused on the preservation and promotion of [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] heritage. She also founded the Saanjh: Amritsar-Lahorioe festival to promote cultural interaction and better understanding between the cities of [[Amritsar]] & [[Lahore]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
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Sandhu was posthumously awarded the [[Kalpana Chawla]] award for promotion of art, culture and education.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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</ref> She produced several plays in an effort to revive the composite culture of Punjab, which had suffered a setback after the [[partition of India]]. She had also encouraged Pakistan-based artists and was instrumental in organising several joint cultural shows under the aegis of ''Saanjh'' and ''Punarjyot''. She was married to Shivinder Singh Sandhu and had two children. <br />
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Sandhu authored the book, ''Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Personalitas Extraordinaire'' which chronicles the life and times of the [[Ranjit Singh]], who was the first [[Maharaja]] of the [[Sikh Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Maharaja Ranjit Singh : personalitas extraordinaire|last=Manveen.|first=Sandhu|date=2007|publisher=Springdale Core Consultants|isbn=9788190653602|location=[Amritsar]|oclc=277276625}}</ref> Her research was instrumental in bringing a fair representation to [[Moran Sarkar]], the dancing girl who Maharaja Ranjit Singh married in 1802.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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Manveen Sandhu was also the principal of [[Spring Dale Senior School]], and was noted for her exemplary integration of the [[Theory of multiple intelligences|Multiple Intelligences]] into the curriculum.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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Her efforts to further education were recognised by [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development]], which conferred the National Award 2008 on her under its scheme of National Award to Teachers. Kirat Sandhu and Sahiljit Sandhu received the award on her behalf from the [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari|Vice-President of India]] on Teacher's Day – 5 September 2009. <br />
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==Death==<br />
She died in a road accident along with her husband, Dr. Shivinder Sandhu, on 11 January 2009 while on the way from Bikaner to Amritsar.<ref>{{cite web| title =Accident kills Manveen Sandhu and Shivinder Sandhu| url =http://sikhsangat.org/1469/2009/01/testing/| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20090414114453/http://sikhsangat.org/1469/2009/01/testing/| archivedate =14 April 2009| df =dmy-all}}<br />
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