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Mohan Singh Bhullar
Businessman based in Huddersfield
Place of birth
Date of arrival to Britain
Location(s)
Salendine Nook Shopping Centre, 144 Moor Hill Road
Huddersfield
United Kingdom
Date of time spent in Britain
1952–present
About
Mohan Singh Bhullar migrated from the Punjabi town of Bhullar, India to Huddersfield in 1952. He was accompanied by his brother, Bakhshish Singh Bhullar. They were among the first Sikhs to settle in the town. In 1958 Mohan and his brothers, Bakhshish and Sohan Singh Bhullar, opened their first business together, an Asian goods store on 44 Springwood Street, Huddersfield. Several businesses followed which became part of the Bhullar Brothers chain. Bhullar Brothers became a limited company on 22 October 1964 and is still in operation.
In 2003 Mohan and his family became involved in a prominent court case with his brother Sohan and his family. The case concerned a conflict of interest in business opportunities related to Bhullar Brothers and is often studied as part of UK corporate law. Mohan and his family won the case.
Mohan’s granddaughter, Harpz Kaur, is a radio presenter and was the host of BBC Asian Network’s breakfast show between 2017 and 2022.
Bakhshish Singh Bhullar, Harpz Kaur, Sohan Singh Bhullar.
Bhullar v Bhullar ([2003] EWCA Civ 424), ‘Companies House: Bhullar Bros Limited’, Gov.uk, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00824371/officers
Hirst, Andrew, ‘Huddersfield Sikh Community Leader Bakhshish Singh Bhullar Dies’, Yorkshire Live (24 January 2014)
Kale, Sirin, ‘How Britain’s Biggest Families Are Coping with Lockdown’, Guardian (23 April 2020)
‘Obituary: Sohan Singh Bhullar’, Yorkshire Live (9 September 2008)
SCT/1/7, II e, Field notes, secretary of the Pakistan National Film Society, Pakistani ‘Voluntary Associations’, Heritage Quay, Huddersfield
SCT/1/7, II e, Interview notes with Pakistani shopkeeper in Huddersfield, Pakistani ‘Voluntary Associations’, Heritage Quay, Huddersfield
Image credit
© Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1930s – present
