Background
Born in Varanasi, Dyal Singh was the only son of General Lehna Singh.
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Dyal Singh Sardar
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He established dyal singh trust society. He got his early education in the Mission School at Amritsar and was later self-educated. He founded the newspaper The Tribune and managed the affairs of the Harmandir Sahib ("Golden Temple") for nearly thirty years.
He took up business in real estate and diamonds and earned huge wealth.
He was the first president of the Indian Association of Lahore and continued in that capacity till his death. He was Chairman, Board of Directors of the country"s first indigenous bank, the Punjab National Bank.
The Bank was founded on 23 May 1894 (its first meeting was held at 6:30 Prime Minister at Dyal Singh"s house). At the second meeting on 27 May 1894, Dyal Singh was appointed Chairman and Harkishan Lal was Secretary of the Board.
He was closely associated with Punjab University.
He also founded The Tribune newspaper (now Headquarters in Chandigarh).
