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was born in November 1872 at Thothian village in Amritsar district,
the son of Bhai Nihal Singh and Mai Jio. His education was limited
to reading and writing the Gurmukhi script which he learnt in the
village gurdwara. He grew up into a tall young man and enlisted
in 126th Baluch Battalion in British times but having been on active
service only for three years came back as a reservist. He was recalled
for active service at the outbreak of the First Great War in 1914.
After his final retirement at the end of the war he started taking
interest in the matter of reforming the management of the gurdwaras,
then engaging the attention of the Sikh Panth. He received afresh
the Khalsa Pahul at the instance of Bhai Mill Singh Garmula.
He joined the reformers' column led by Bhai Lachhman Singh massacred
at Nankana Sahib on 20 February 1921.
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