Career
Ganda Singh was a Muhiyal He belonged to the village of Zaffarwal Dattan in Tehsil Rayya of District Sialkot. The Pakistani town of Ganda Singh Wala is named in his honour. Her son, Sardar Amar Singh who rose to make an empire with Amritsar Sugar Mills, Amritsar.
Amritsar Sugar mills, Rohana (Uttar Pradesh), a very reputed Amrit Bank and the large tract of land in Amritsar.
Bakshi Hardev Singh, Architect, philosopher and an artist also took charge of the Amrit Bank. Till they were all nationalized.
Ganda Singh"s extended family featured many other eminent persons as well. Sardar Sant Singh Datt son Lieutenant
General Kalwant Singh, was Army Commander in the Indian army.
He enlisted as a Dafadar in 1852 and served as a soldier over 50 years. Subsequently, in the Second Anglo-China War, he saved the life of Sir Charles MacGregor as well. Later in the Afghan Campaign of the British Indian Army, he participated in the famous march to Kandahar and distinguished himself in the Battle of Kandahar, becoming an Honorary Captain.
He was eventually appointed Aide-de-Camp to Lord Roberts of Kabul and Kandahar, Venture capital, the then Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army.
He was rewarded with large tracts of agricultural land, and the village Ganda Singh Wala on the periphery of Amritsar is named after him. He was president of the first All India Mohyal Conference held in 1902 at Lahore, and was among the select veteran Indian soldiers presented to the British Royals in the Coronation Durbar held in Delhi in January 1903.
