Pujya Tan Singh Ji was born in a Mahecha Rathore rajput family of barmer on 25 January 1924. was an Indian politician and a member of the Lok Sabha twice.

His father's name was Thakur Balwant Singh Mahecha and his mother's name was Mrs. Moti Kanwar Sodha.

After studying in Barmer till the sixth grade, in the year 1938, at the age of only 14, he took admission in chopasni Vidyalaya, Jodhpur.

[citation needed] Tan Singh also joined the movement against the ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh after Gandhiji’s assassination in the year 1948 and also got voluntary arrest.

On the night of Diwali of 1946, he laid the foundation of an organization called Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh,[4] which became a milestone for Rajput society.