 Singh was born in 1911 to the royal family of Karamgarh (now Barnala District) and was a wealthy landlord of the erstwhile Patiala State, he was titled as the Rais of Karamgarh.According to the revenue records and census reports of year 1901 the area of nizamat of Karamgarh was 1834 sq miles which included 4 towns and 665 villages with a population of 500,635 people.He was an active sportsman and a part of the elite cricket team of Chiefs College,Lahore(Aitchison College), played tennis, horse riding and shooting.