Paras was born as Karnail Singh on 28 June 1916, to father Tara Singh of Ramoowala village and mother Ram Kaur, in his maternal grandparents" village of Mehraj of Firozpur district (now Bathinda district) in British Punjab. His father died when he was only 14.
He was sent to a Dera for the study of Gurbani where his teacher noticed his intelligence and called him, Paras, that was fixed for ever as his last name.
He was the father of former union minister and Akali politician Balwant Singh Ramoowalia and Canada based writer Iqbal Singh Ramoowalia. He was very fond of singing from his childhood. Paras was inspired by Kavishar Mohan Singh Rode.
After the performance of Mohan Singh at Mela Maghi at Sri Muktsar Sahib, Paras met and told him about his love for singing and also recited a poem of his own.
Being happy on listening to the poem, Mohan Singh took him as his student. Paras joined his team and learned singing/Kavishari froYm Mohan Singh.
Paras" first performance on stage was at Roshnian Da Mela at Jagrawan. His first performance on All India Radio, Jalandhar, in 1954, made him popular.
He also performed in Canada, England and America.
He also wrote songs for Maan brothers. Harbhajan Maan"s first album, Ishq De Mamle featured 7 songs written by Paras.
