Military life 🪖

On joining the British Indian Army, Singh was posted to the 1st battalion of the Sikh Regiment (1 Sikh) on 28 September 1936. After joining the army, he identified his interest in education, and soon passed the Army Education Examination. He was subsequently appointed as the Unit Education Instructor.He served in the Second World War on the Burma front, and in Srinagar during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948