Career
He was awarded an Arjuna Award by Government of India in 1984. Born on 6 May 1964 in munirka Village, Khajan went to study at the Government Senior Secondary School, Sarojini Nagar, in Delhi
He made his debut in competitive swimming by winning five Gold Medals at the National School Championships in 1981-1982. Six-Footer Khajana entered the National Aquatics Championship at Delhi in 1982 and outclassed all competitors by winning five Gold, two Silver and one Bronze.
The following year at the Nationals in Trivandrum, he stroked his way to seven Gold, two Silver and one Bronze.
He was the undisputed king at the 1988 Nationals at Calcutta making an unprecedented haul of eight individual Gold, five of them gleaming with the additional lustre of new records. He also contributed to a Silver and a Bronze for the police relay team
The ace swimmer, master free style and Arjuna Awardee of 1984, Khajan scored Silver at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul in 200m Butterfly. Coached by Australian coach Eric Arnold, Khajan Singh even took part in the 1988 Olympic at Seoul.
Starting a sports officer in his early career, he presently Doctorate.I.G. with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
He runs the "Khajan Singh Swimming Academy", located near the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus in New Delhi.