Madan Gopal, Brahmo Samaj and Dyal Singh Majithia, New Delhi: Uppal Publication House,1998, p.86.
His grandfather, Sardar Desa Singh, was the chief administrator of the hill territories of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and was popularly known as “Pahar Badashah.” His father, S. Lehna Singh, was the head of the Khalsa Army and the Governor of Amritsar. The Tribune, 9 September, 1935,p.3.
When anarchist conditions prevailed in Punjab after the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1839, forced General Lehna Singh to leave Lahore. Madan Gopal,Brahmo Samaj and Dyal Singh Majithia, New Delhi: Uppal Publication House,1998, p. 9.
The Tribune,8 September 1929,p. 9.