Paul Mahal is a house: hold name in this part of California, but there may be hardly few lucky persons who may be knowing his first name as Narinder.

Paul Mahal was born on Jan. 17, 1943 at village Pir Mahal now in Pakistan. His parents, S. Udham Singh and Sardarni Avtar Kaur migrated to Indian 1947, along with their family. Although the Mahals got their allotment of land at Village Khamachoan, but they preferred their ancestral village Mahal Gehlon (near Banga) to settle down.

But still another shifting was knocking at their door. Mahal’s Grandfather S. Ujjagar Singh who retired as ADM from Hoshiarpur in 1941, had purchased the total village of “Mangoli” in Ambala district and had named it “Hangoli Udham Singh. Si Ujjagar name of Paul’s father S. Udham Singh. So Ujjagar Singh persuaded him to say good bye to his job of Niab Tehsildar to manage the estate of Hangoli Udham Singh. So the Mahal’s shifted to their new home where his parents are still enjoying their sweet days.

Paul belongs to a decorated family with great achievements. His uncle MadhuSudan Singh retired as Director of Rehabilitation. His other uncle S. Bakhshish Singh retired as Colonel from the Engineering Corps. One of his brothers, S. Randhir Singh Mahal retired as Brigadier from the Army. He could still rise high, but he had to surrender to the wishes of the family to manage the family’s large property.

Paul Mahal, got his matriculation certificate from $.G.H.G. Khalsa High School Banga in 1960 and graduated in 1964. Meanwhile his urge to fly high took him to join Northern Flying Club of India at Jalandhar in 196162 and got a private pilot license.

Paul migrated to U.S.A. with the high ambition of new and better life in 1966 and soon proved his initiative and reached the level of well to do class.

Paul Mahal married his charming better half, Surinder Kaur in 1968 and the couple is proud parents of three beautiful children, Sonia (18), at present completing electrical engineering, Kanwar Tejinder Paul (15) and Ravneet K. (10) both in school at the moment.

Paul’s are successfully managing traveling, insurance and real estate business at Fresno.

Paul Mahal is a popular social figure, a trusted friend and a dependable business magnate.

Article extracted from this publication >> August 26, 1988