Kaura Mal was the son of Vallu Ram, an Arora of Chuggh clan, originally from Shorkot in the Subah of Lahore.
He started his career in the service of the governor of Lahore Zakariya Khan, who had him appointed as the Diwan of Multan after he helped in the capture and execution of Pannah Bhatti, a rebel chief, in 1738.
[1] In 1746, Diwan Lakhpat Rai, in order to avenge the death of his brother Jaspat Rai vowed to exterminate the Sikh sect and carried out the massacre of Sikhs, in an event known as Chhota Ghallughara, in spite of the pleads of Kaura Mal and the Hindu gentry of Lahore.
[2][4] Kaura Mal was again recalled by Mir Mannu in October 1751 during Ahmad Shah's second invasion.
He was killed by Bazid Khan of Kasur in a battle near Lahore at the instance of Adina Beg, the foujdar of Jalandhar Doab.