Daya Singh Bedi (1899–1975)[2][3] was born to Raja Sir Gurbaksh Singh Bedi K.B.E., Kt., C.i.E., (1862–1946)[4] an extremely influential Sikh spiritual and political leader[citation needed] who was the direct descendant, in the fifteenth place of Sri Guru Nanak, a member of the Legislative Council of the Punjab Province (British India) and the Raja of Kallar[citation needed] (Jagir)[5][6] near Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan).

Bedi also had responsibilities inherited with his title in Pashtunistan and the Punjab region and he combined his professional and personal roles after the 1935 Quetta earthquake.

He served with distinction as an officer of the Indian Civil Service (British India) in the regions where his family patronage existed and had a record of reconstruction and administrative efficiency in the aftermath of the earthquake.

His negotiation was instrumental in the amicable division of weapons, equipment, regiments and rights of the Gurkhas in military service and he was a signatory to the Britain-India-Nepal Tripartite Agreement.

[citation needed] On retirement, Baba Daya Singh Bedi studied Sufi poetry.