[2] He was educated at Nadalon village high school, before joining the civil service and moving to Delhi.
[3] He worked hand-in-hand with Vishnu Deo, in June 1930, to establish the Fiji Indian Labour Union to represent unemployed Punjabi immigrants.
K.B.Singh defeated his opponent for the Southern Indian Division,[4] capturing 79 percent of the formal votes cast.
The Governor convinced him that his fears were unfounded and asked him to withdraw the motion so that he could discuss it with the Secretary of State.
Singh resigned and was re-elected in the subsequent by-election with an increased majority over the same rival with Deo's support.
[2] This had previously been considered an honorary position in Fiji; however, Singh used his new status to request to sit on the bench alongside the magistrate during a court hearing in Naduruloulou.
[6] The incident led to the Governor issuing a public clarification that all Justices of the Peace were occasionally invited to sit on the bench, and that Singh had not been snubbed by the District Commissioner.
In the 1943 debate in the Legislative Council, on the sugar cane dispute, he condemned the rivalry among Indian leaders when B. D. Lakshman asked for a Royal Commission and Vishnu Deo for a Court of Arbitration.
He said that," when elephants fight the grass is trampled", pointing out that rivalry among Fiji Indian leaders only harmed the humble farmer.