Background
Kapur Singh was born in a farming family at village Chakk in the district of Ludhiana. His father"s name was Didar Singh.
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Sirdar Kapur Singh
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He post-graduated from Government College, Lahore. Later he completed studies in Moral Sciences from Cambridge University.
Career
As a distinguished linguist he had a mastery over English, Gurmukhi, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit. Returning from United Kingdom, Kapur Singh joined the Indian Civil Service (International Correspondence Schools ). After serving at a number of administrative posts under the British raj, he was summarily dismissed from service by Chandu Lal Trivedi, the governor of Punjab, shortly after Indian Independence, while he was serving as the deputy commissioner of Kangra district.
Kapur Singh was incensed at a circular issued by the government that targeted his community.
Kapur Singh filed a protest and made the circular public and invited the wrath of Chandu Lal Divedi, the governor of Punjab. The charges leveled against him were of corruption and insubordination.
Kapur Singh fought a protracted legal battle but was not restored to the administrative service. In 1969 Kapur Singh was elected to the Vidhan Sabha in the new Punjab state.
Politics
On insistence of Akali leaders, Kapur Singh joined the Akali politics. In 1962, he was elected to the 3rd Lok Sabha as a candidate of the Swatantra Party from the Ludhiana constituency.
