Sahib Singh Bedi (7 April 1756 – 17 July 1834) was a direct lineal descendant of Guru Nanak in the tenth generation.

[1] In 1770, his family shifted to Una located at the foothills of the Sivalik Hills region (in present-day Himachal Pradesh), where they held land.

[3] He was responsible for applying the tilak and saffron paste during the coronation ceremony of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 11 or 12 April 1801 in Lahore.

[1][4] He was also the founder of the locality of Bedian located near Lahore on tracts of land allotted to him by Ranjit Singh.

[5] He established a Sikh religious educational school at Bedian, partly choosing this location to combat the rival heretic Mina sect, founded by the disgruntled and rebellious Prithi Chand, which was headquartered at Heir village nearby.