Background
He was only seven when his father Bhai Javala Singh, died in 1846.
He was only seven when his father Bhai Javala Singh, died in 1846.
He held large Jagirs in Tarn Taran Sahib tehsil, and in the Lyallpur District in the present day Punjab Province of Pakistan. From 1890 to 1896 Arjan Singh was manager of the Golden Temple, Amritsar He was appointed president of the 11-member lighting committee set up in 1896 to arrange the installation of electricity in the Golden Temple. Arjan Singh died at the age of 69 in January 1908.