Anup Singh Choudry

Who is Anup Singh Choudry?

Anup Singh Choudry is a Sikh writer and businessman formerly based in the United Kingdom who is now a High Court judge in Uganda. He was sworn in at a May 2, 2008 ceremony at the State House in Entebbe before Pres. Yoweri Museveni and Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki. On March 5, 2008 Choudry was approved to become a High Court judge for Uganda, the first Sikh High Court judge in that country.

He has written several books, including Sikh Pilgrimage to Pakistan.

Anup Singh Choudry is an Ugandan born Sikh of Punjabi ancestry. With his appointement as a Justice of the High Court of Uganda, he has now added the title of Judge/Justice to his credits as a lawyer, auditor, businessman and author of several books,. After being schooled in Uganda he traveled to England to study at the University of London and the University of Cambridge. After qualifying as a Barrister he practiced law in England for 20 years until 2000 when he practiced as an auditor in quality control.

A Return to Uganda

Mr. Choudry, who was born in 1950 in Uganda has come full circle now by returning to Uganda and its civil service. His grandfather Hari Singh had migrated from Rawalpindi to Uganda in the early 1900’s serving in the then Crown Colony's civil service system. His late father Tarlok Singh had also served in Uganda's civil service, retiring shortly before 1972 when Idi Amin, the Commander of Uganda's Army > coupe leader > Dictator turned President and finally CBE 'Conqueror of the British Empire' seized the properties and businesses of all the country's Asians and European citizens and forced around 30,000 Asians holding British Passports to flee to Britain.