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Queens Honour Award
I am delighted to share with you that I have received Queens Honour Award the British Empire Medal (BEM) for my services to young people in Peterborough for last 38 years. The Queens Honour Award me an honour in recognition of my lifetime contributions with young people, which impacted the lives of thousands of young people by keeping them off Streets, away from Drugs, Crime, Anti-Social behaviour and instead I provided young people safe environment to participate in sports activities, offering them opportunities to take part in group discussions and gain new knowledge and skills. Young people greatly appreciate and respect me.
60th Year of Arrival in Peterborough In April 2014, I organised six-week exhibition at the Peterborough Museum and later held a ten day exhibition in Peterborough Cathedral. Both exhibitions were exceptionally well attended and successful. The exhibition included 170 page A5 community heritage history in photographs book, A6 booklet with summary of the community heritage history in the city, displayed over a dozen individual profiles of variety of people from the community including original pioneers as well as new arrivals in our City, A DVD on Peterborough British-Pakistani community and displayed several smaller exhibits from Pakistan and Azad Kashmir. This was the first ever exhibition of this kind held at the Peterborough Museum offered a unique opportunity to learn the heritage history of the British-Pakistani community. According to the Museum large numbers of both primary and secondary schools pupils visited the exhibition and learnt about the Peterborough British-Pakistani community I am immensely proud that I lead this project from start to finish. Mayor Presenting a Gift Peterborough City Mayor presented a special gift to Raja Tahir Masood in recognition of his heritage and cultural work in Peterborough City in 2004. 
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Published Books 1 Home from Home - The Autobiography of Raja Tahir Masood BEM - Hardback published in October 2010 2 The Heritage of Peterborough British-Pakistani Community - Paperback published in October 2011 3 The Heritage History of Peterborough British- Pakistani Community (Junior Edition) for my youth club members - Paperback published in December 2011. 4 Rags to Riches - (Internet download free) The story of Mirpur District in Azad Kashmir 5 Lives and Quotes of World Famous People- Paperback in June 2013 6 The Heritage of the Peterborough British-Pakistani Community in Pictures Celebrating 60th year of first Pakistani arrival in Peterborough - Paperback published in April 2014 7 The Heritage of Peterborough British-Pakistani Community in A6 size Published in April 2014 8 Serving Humanity - The Autobiography of Abdul Sittar Butt (former Brent Mayor in London Published in July 2014 9 The Heritage History of Bainse Rajputs- Paperback published in November 2015 10 Second Edition of The Heritage History of Bainse Rajputs-Paperback published in September 2018 If you are interested in buying any books please contact on: tahir.masood4@ntlworld.com Pilgrimage of Hajj I am delighted to share with you that I traveled on once a lifetime, a month long journey on the pilgrimage of Hajj to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2014. It was an amazing, wonderful, emotional, demanding and life changing experience, which is difficult to describe in words but one has to go through the experience to be able to understand. Acknowledgement To my late parents Haji Anayat Ali and Azmat Jan for giving me a good upbringing, love, support which has enabled me to shape my life to that person I am today! THANK YOU!! Good Causes I am pleased to share that proceeds raised from the sale of my books have been donated to a British charity named British Friends of Islamgarh Welfare Trust. |
If you are interested in purchasing any of these books please contact me on masood.raja42@yahoo.co.uk
