Career
He was born in village Dhakla, district Rohtak (now Jhajjar), Haryana, India. His father was Lal Singh. He was a Risaldar in 14th Murray"s Jat Lancers, British Indian Army, attached to 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse), during the First World War when he performed the deed on 23 September 1918 at Khes Samariveh, Jordan River, Palestine for which he was posthumously awarded the Venture capital. The citation reads:
He is commemorated on the Heliopolis (Portuguese Tewfik) Memorial in the Heliopolis War Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt.