Bäk

Bäk is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

References

Bük

Bük is a town in Vas County, Hungary very close to the Austrian border. Nowadays it has a reputation for being a very popular holiday destination in Hungary and one of the major spa and wellnes spots in Central Europe.

Location

The town is situated 27 kilometers from Szombathely at the Répce-river plains.

History

The village is first mentioned in charters in 1271 with the name: Byk. The church was built in the 12th century, so the village is even older. In 1461 the name of the village is Poss. Vinchefalwa Byk. The name corresponds to the old Vinczlófalva-Bik, which is now called Felső-Bükk. In the 15th century there were three Bik villages (Alsó-Bük, Mankó-Bük and Felsö-Bük). The Büki Family was the landowner. Their descendants are the Mankóbüki Horváth, Mankóbüki Balogh and the Felsőbüki Nagy families. Pál Felsőbüki Nagy was a famous member of the Hungarian House of Representatives in the 19th century. Other notable landowners were the Counts Cseszneky who bought Alsóbük in the 16th century.

Bąk

Bąk may refer to the following places:

People

Bhupendra Kumar Modi

B. K. Modi or Bhupendra Kumar Modi is the global Chairman of Spice Global, an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Singapore. Council and chairman of Asia Crime Prevention Foundation’s India chapter. He was appointed by the United Nation as Coordinator for the Indian subcontinent for the Millennium World Peace Summit. Modi became a citizen of Singapore in 2012 and ranks 23rd in the Forbes list of Singapore’s richest people.

On 17 February 2004, the US House of Representatives issued a proclamation in appreciation of Modi's efforts to promote deeper understanding between the two countries and congratulated him on his innovations and humanitarian efforts worldwide.

Modi has authored many books, including One God, Hinduism – The Universal Truth, Performance – A Manager's Challenge and Whispers of Peace.

Personal life

Modi was born in Patiala, India to Rai Bahadur Gujarmal Modi in Marwari family - the founder of the Modi Group and Dayawati Modi. He is a chemical engineer from Indian Institute of Technology – Banaras Hindu University (IIT – BHU) and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He was awarded a PhD in financial management and conferred a DLitt in industrial management. His brother Krishan Kumar Modi is also a leading industrialist.