[1] He was the first Shiromani Akali Dal Chief minister of Punjab.

[2] His ministry fell due to defection of Lachhman Singh Gill, who became the next Chief Minister with the support of the Indian National Congress.

Singh was born in Narangwal, Ludhiana on 25 February 1899 in a Grewal Jatt family.

[6] Singh practiced Law in Lyallpur (Present day Faisalabad, Pakistan).

He led a coalition government of Akali Dal, Jana Sangh and communists.