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Piara Singh Sangha was born on October 7th, 1952. His birthplace was in the village of Sanghe Khalsa in the state of Punjab located in North-West India.

In 1972 at the age of 19, Piara Sangha immigrated to British Columbia, Canada. He initially resided in the town of Mackenzie and lived with a local Caucasian family where he worked as a farm hand. He later moved to Vancouver where he settled and assumed employment with Canadian Pacific Rail.

In December of 1974, Piara Sangha returned to his hometown in India and was married to Santokh Kaur Johal. As per Indian tradition, the marriage was arranged by Piara Sangha's parents. After the ceremony, Piara Sangha returned to Vancouver and was joined several months later by his wife.

In May of 1977, Santokh Sangha gave birth to a son. Piara Sangha decided to name his son Justin after Justin Trudeau the son of the former Prime Minister the late Pierre Trudeau.

In October of 1980, Piara and Santokh had another son and named him Steven.

In 1980, Piara invested in a drycleaning business with two locations. Piara and Santokh operated the business for several years.

In 1991, Piara and Santokh sold the business and moved to Surrey, British Columbia. In Surrey, Piara and Santokh invested in several properties and sold the majority of the properties a few years later with the real estate boom.

In 1995, Piara went on to purchase a bicycle retail store in North Vancouver (Edgemont Cycle) where he managed the business and his sons assisted with sales.

In 1997, Piara had a massive heart attack which all but disabled him, forcing him to sell his business and take early retirement. After his heart attack, Piara Sangha spent much of his time contributing towards the betterment of his hometown village Sanghe Khalse.

Amongst his contributions, Piara purchased a few pieces of exercise and weight lifting equipment for some of the boys in the village who wished to exercise but could not afford access to a gym. Piara left the equipment in the common area of the village so it was accessible by all.

On January 30th of 2002, Piara Sangha suffered from another heart attack to which he succumbed.

In his memory, Piara's family purchased a plot of land in Sanghe Khalsa and funded the construction of the Piara Sangha Health Club. The fitness center which is open to all villagers as well as residents of the surrounding villages is accessible free of charge. The purchase and maintenance of equipment is funded by the Sangha family.

Links: www.sanghekhalsa.com